Assessment of upper extremity impairment, function, and activity after stroke: Foundations for clinical decision making

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-115

  Lang, Catherine E ^a   Bland, Marghuretta D ^a   Bailey, Ryan R ^a   Schaefer, Sydney Y ^a   Birkenmeier, Rebecca L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical decision making; Outcomes; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PINCH STRENGTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; SELF REPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84876419053     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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