Comparison of embedded and added motor imagery training in patients after stroke: Study protocol of a randomised controlled pilot trial using a mixed methods approach

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schuster, Corina ^a,b   Butler, Jenny ^b   Andrews, Brian ^b   Kischka, Udo ^a,c   Ettlin, Thierry ^a,d,e  

^a Reha Rheinfelden   (Switzerland)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTOR IMAGERY TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 71149105697     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-97     Document Type: Article

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