Standing position improves arm and hand performance on un-affected side in hemiplegic patients

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Tojo, Hidenori ^a   Kanno, Nami ^a   Nakamura, Takeshi ^a   Mizumoto, Yasuko ^b   Yamanaka, Midori ^a   Tajima, Fumihiro ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akitsu Kounoike Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; hand performance; postural effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE;

AGED; ARM; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650479117     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0620     Document Type: Article

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