Transfer of training between distinct motor tasks after stroke: Implications for task-specific approaches to upper-extremity neurorehabilitation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 602-612

  Schaefer, Sydney Y ^a   Patterson, Chavelle B ^b   Lang, Catherine E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

motor learning; physical therapy; stroke rehabilitation; task specific training; transfer; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84880977745     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313481279     Document Type: Article

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