Benefits of a repetitive facilitative exercise program for the upper paretic extremity after subacute stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 296-305

  Shimodozono, Megumi ^a   Noma, Tomokazu ^b   Nomoto, Yoshiko ^a,c   Hisamatsu, Noriaki ^c   Kamada, Katsuya ^b   Miyata, Ryuji ^a   Matsumoto, Shuji ^a   Ogata, Atsuko ^a   Etoh, Seiji ^a   Basford, Jeffrey R ^d   Kawahira, Kazumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ogura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action Research Arm Test; exercise; Fugl Meyer Arm; rehabilitation; stroke; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE FACILITATIVE EXERCISE;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84875527420     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312465896     Document Type: Article

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