Exploring the efficacy of constraint in animal models of stroke: Meta-Analysis and systematic review of the current evidence

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Janssen, Heidi ^a   Speare, Sally ^b   Spratt, Neil J ^a   Sena, Emily S ^b,c   Ada, Louise ^d   Hannan, Anthony J ^b   McElduff, Patrick ^a   Bernhardt, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

animal; constraint; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STROKE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; STROKE;

EID: 84870607133     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312449696     Document Type: Review

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