Potential effectiveness of three different treatment approaches to improve minimal to moderate arm and hand function after stroke-a pilot randomized clinical trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1032-1041

  Khan, Christine Meier ^a   Oesch, Peter R ^b   Gamper, Urs N ^a   Kool, Jan P ^c   Beer, Serafin ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Center   (Switzerland)

^b Rehabilitation Center Valens   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

arm; hand; recovery of function; rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE;

ARM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE;

EID: 81755172793     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511399795     Document Type: Article

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