Facilitation of motor and balance recovery by thermal intervention for the paretic lower limb of acute stroke: A single-blind randomized clinical trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 823-832

  Chen, Jia Ching ^a,b   Lin, Chun Hsiang ^a,b   Wei, Yu Chun ^a   Hsiao, Jung ^a   Liang, Chung Chao ^a,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ambulation; rehabilitation; Stroke; thermal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STIMULATION; STROKE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION DISORDERS; STROKE; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 80052704543     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511399591     Document Type: Article

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