Pilot study to test effectiveness of video game on reaching performance in stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-444

  Acosta, Ana Maria ^a   Dewald, Hendrik A ^b   Dewald, Jules P A ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm function; Haptic interface; Reaching; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Shoulder abduction; Stroke; Therapy; Upper limb impairment; Video games

Indexed keywords

ARM FUNCTION; REACHING; REHABILITATION; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; STROKE; THERAPY; UPPER LIMBS; VIDEO GAMES;

HAPTIC INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE TESTING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW EXTENSION; ELBOW FLEXION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79957789236     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.04.0052     Document Type: Article

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