Constraint-induced movement therapy: From history to plasticity

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Fritz, Stacy L ^a   Butts, Raymond J ^a   Wolf, Steven L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Atlanta VA Rehab R and D Center   (United States)

Author keywords

constraint induced movement therapy; plasticity; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL FUNCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; DEAFFERENTATION; EDEMA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84856595049     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.201     Document Type: Review

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