Early intensive hand rehabilitation after spinal cord injury ("Hands On"): A protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Harvey, Lisa A ^a   Dunlop, Sarah A ^b   Churilov, Leonid ^c   Hsueh, Ya Seng Arthur ^c   Galea, Mary P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE HAND TRAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HAND; HEALTH CARE COST; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651397443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-14     Document Type: Article

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