Differential effects of power training versus functional task practice on compensation and restoration of arm function after stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 842-854

  Corti, Manuela ^a,b   McGuirk, Theresa E ^a,b   Wu, Samuel S ^b   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

kinematics; motor learning; muscle strength; resistance exercise; stroke rehabilitation; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TASK PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POWER TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FLEXION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866318650     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311433426     Document Type: Article

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