Constraint-induced movement therapy alters cerebral blood flow in subacute post-stroke patients

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 804-809

  Treger, Iuly ^a,b   Aidinof, Lena ^a   Lehrer, Hiela ^a   Kalichman, Leonid ^c  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy; Middle Cerebral Artery; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84865742502     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31825a1563     Document Type: Article

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