Upper-limb virtual rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: A preliminary within-group evaluation of the elements system

Brain Injury

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-176

  Mumford, Nick ^a   Duckworth, Jonathan ^a   Thomas, Patrick R ^b   Shum, David ^b   Williams, Gavin ^c   Wilson, Peter H ^a,d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Augmented feedback; Elements; Motor control; Motor learning; Movement rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Upper limb; Virtual reality; Virtual rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84857578399     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.648706     Document Type: Article

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