Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral upper extremity task performance after stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-305

  Dejong, Stacey ^a   Lang, Catherine ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral; grasp; hemiparesis; kinematic; motor control; reach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; RATING SCALE; SENSOR; SPASTICITY; STROKE; STROKE IMPACT SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84863486357     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1904-294     Document Type: Article

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