Hand splinting for poststroke spasticity: A randomized controlled trial

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-337

  Basaran, Aynur ^a   Emre, Ufuk ^b   Karadavut, Kiymet ^c   Balbaloglu, Ozlem ^b   Bulmus, Nercivan ^b  

^a Konya Beyhekim State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

^c Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

contracture; electroneuromyography; range of motion; spasticity; splint; stroke; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; GABAPENTIN; POLYETHYLENE; RESIN; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND; HAND SPLINT; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; SPLINT; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPLINTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 84863444384     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1904-329     Document Type: Article

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