Comparison of bilateral and unilateral training for upper extremity hemiparesis in stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 945-953

  Stoykov, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Lewis, Gwyn N ^b,c   Corcos, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PARESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71049145349     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309338190     Document Type: Article

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