Relation between the upper extremity synergistic movement components and its implication for motor recovery in poststroke hemiparesis

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Pandian, Shanta ^a   Arya, Kamal Narayan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Brunnstrom recovery stage; Fugl Meyer assessment; Hemiparesis; Motor recovery; Stroke rehabilitation; Synergy; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRUNNSTROM RECOVERY STAGES OF ARM; BRUNNSTROM RECOVERY STAGES OF HAND; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTYPY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

EID: 84870689194     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1906-545     Document Type: Article

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