Deafferentation of the affected arm: A method to improve rehabilitation?

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1363-1370

  Weiss, Thomas ^a   Sens, Elisabeth ^a   Teschner, Ulrike ^a,b   Meissner, Winfried ^b   Preul, Christoph ^b   Witte, Otto W ^b   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

rehabilitation; temporary functional deafferentation; treatment

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OINTMENTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955468160     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.601138     Document Type: Article

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