Determining specificity of motor imagery training for upper limb improvement in chronic stroke patients: A training protocol and pilot results

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Crajé, Céline ^a,b   Van Der Graaf, Chantal ^b   Lem, Frits C ^c   Geurts, Alexander C H ^c,d   Steenbergen, Bert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^d SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motor imagery training; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHRONIC STROKE; FOUR STROKES; GENERAL MOTORS; HAND FUNCTION; MOTOR IMAGERY; POSITIVE EFFECTS; REHABILITATION; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; STROKE; UPPER LIMB; UPPER LIMBS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951510933     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32833abe8e     Document Type: Article

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