Bilateral movement training and stroke motor recovery progress: A structured review and meta-analysis

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-870

  Cauraugh, James H ^a   Lodha, Neha ^a   Naik, Sagar K ^a   Summers, Jeffery J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral movement training; Meta analysis; Motor recovery; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING;

AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; STROKE;

EID: 77956423582     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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