The efficacy of SMART Arm training early after stroke for stroke survivors with severe upper limb disability: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brauer, Sandra G ^a   Hayward, Kathryn S ^a   Carson, Richard G ^a,b,c   Cresswell, Andrew G ^a   Barker, Ruth N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Function; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Training; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879827067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-71     Document Type: Article

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