Effects of somatosensory stimulation on motor function after subacute stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-272

  Bastos Conforto, Adriana ^a,b   Nocelo Ferreiro, Karina ^a   Tomasi, Camilla ^a   Dos Santos, Renata Laurenti ^a   Loureiro Moreira, Viviane ^a   Nagahashi Marie, Suely Kazue ^a   Baltieri, Silvia Cristina ^a   Scaff, Milberto ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand function; Motor training; Nerve stimulation; Rehabilitation; Somatosensory stimulation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOMOTOR EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; JEBSEN TAYLOR TEST; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PINCH STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST DISCOMFORT; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 77749255565     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309349946     Document Type: Article

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