Unilateral and bilateral upper extremity weight-bearing effect on upper extremity impairment and functional performance after brain injury

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-231

  Reistetter, Timothy ^a,b   Abreu, Beatriz C ^b,c   Bear Lehman, Jane ^d   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Transitional Learning Center   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand impairment; Hemiplegia; Neuro rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESSURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70449338990     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.278     Document Type: Article

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