Maintained hand function and forearm bone health 14 months after an in-home virtual-reality videogame hand telerehabilitation intervention in an adolescent with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-393

  Golomb, Meredith R ^a   Warden, Stuart J ^a   Fess, Elaine ^a   Rabin, Bryan ^b,c   Yonkman, Janell ^a   Shirley, Bridget ^a   Burdea, Grigore C ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; telerehabilitation; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; EPILEPSY; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARM BONES; CEREBRAL PALSY; EXERCISE TEST; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79952680413     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810394847     Document Type: Article

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