Motor tele-rehabilitation in post-stroke patients

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Piron, Lamberto ^a,b   Tonin, Paolo ^b   Trivello, Elena ^a   Battistin, Leontino ^a   Dam, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b San Camillo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Telemedicine; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARM; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84860419592     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230410001723428     Document Type: Article

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