Rehabilitation of hemispatial neglect: A randomized study using either arm activation or visual scanning training

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-672

  Luukkainen Markkula, R ^a   Tarkka, I M ^a   Pitkanen K ^a   Sivenius, J ^a,b   Hamalainen H ^c  

^a Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM ACTIVATION TRAINING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SCANNING TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ATTENTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 74249107391     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0520     Document Type: Article

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