Acupuncture of motor-implicated acupoints on subacute stroke patients: An fMRI evaluation study

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Chau, Anson C M ^a   Cheung, Raymond T F ^a   Jiang, Xianyong ^a   Au Yeung, Paul ^b   Li, Leonard S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Sanitarium and Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; FMRI; Motor Recovery; Subacute Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND GRIP; HEMIPARESIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77953419945     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2009.0709     Document Type: Article

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