Virtual reality and robotics for stroke rehabilitation: Where do we go from here?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 685-700

  Wade, Eric ^a,b   Winstein, Carolee J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; neurorehabilitation; rehabilitation; robotics; task oriented training; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84859754184     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1806-685     Document Type: Article

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