Use of virtual reality in rehabilitation of movement in children with hemiplegia - A multiple case study evaluation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 593-604

  Green, Dido ^a,b   Wilson, Peter H ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Hemiplegia; Upper extremity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856935403     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.613520     Document Type: Article

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