Effect of task-based mirror therapy on motor recovery of the upper extremity in chronic stroke patients: A pilot study

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-217

  Arya, Kamal Narayan ^a   Pandian, Shanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fugl Meyer Assessment; hand recovery; hemiparesis; mirror neuron; mirror therapy; stroke rehabilitation; upper extremity recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE PATIENT; TASK BASED MIRROR THERAPY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84880526088     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tscir2001-210     Document Type: Article

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