Sensor-based arm skill training in chronic stroke patients: Results on treatment outcome, patient motivation, and system usability

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Timmermans, Annick A A ^a,b   Seelen, Henk A M ^c,d   Geers, Richard P J ^d   Saini, Privender K ^e   Winter, Stefan ^f   Te Vrugt, Juergen ^f   Kingma, Herman ^g  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology   (Netherlands)

^c Adelante Center of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^f PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Motor learning; Occupational and physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Wireless devices

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHRONIC STROKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR LEARNING; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSICAL HEALTH; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; SKILL TRAINING; SOFTWARE-BASED; STROKE PATIENTS; SYSTEM USABILITY; TRAINING EFFECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; WIRELESS DEVICES;

EXPERIMENTS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SENSORS;

HEALTH;

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953239253     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2047608     Document Type: Article

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