Action observation treatment improves recovery of postsurgical orthopedic patients: Evidence for a top-down effect?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1489-1494

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Buccino, Giovanni ^c   Bernardini, Bruno ^d   Padovani, Alessandro ^e   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,f  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b Alzheimer's Evaluation Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Physiotherapy; Recovery of function; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING AID; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77957299520     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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