Spasticity and contractures at the wrist after stroke: Time course of development and their association with functional recovery of the upper limb

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-191

  Malhotra, S ^a,b   Pandyan, A D ^a,c   Rosewilliam, S ^a,d   Roffe, C ^c   Hermens, H ^e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79251506984     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510381620     Document Type: Article

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