Effects of peripheral sensory nerve stimulation plus task-oriented training on upper extremity function in patients with subacute stroke: A pilot randomized crossover trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 999-1009

  Ikuno, Koki ^a   Kawaguchi, Saori ^b   Kitabeppu, Shinsuke ^a   Kitaura, Masaki ^c   Tokuhisa, Kentaro ^a   Morimoto, Shigeru ^a   Matsuo, Atsushi ^d   Shomoto, Koji ^d  

^a Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^b Terashita Hospital   (Japan)

^c Wakayama Physical Therapy College   (Japan)

^d KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arm; electrical stimulation; sensory stimulation; Stroke; task oriented training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PILOT PROJECTS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84867720264     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512441476     Document Type: Article

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