The EXCITE trial: Analysis of "noncompleted" wolf motor function test items

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Wolf, Steven L ^a,b   Thompson, Paul A ^c   Estes, Emily ^a   Lonergan, Timothy ^a   Merchant, Rozina ^a   Richardson, Natasha ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Training Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint induced therapy; Neuroplasticity; Stroke rehabilitation; Task practice; Upper extremity; Wolf Motor Function Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TASK PERFORMANCE; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84856329477     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311426437     Document Type: Article

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