Virtual reality for the rehabilitation of the upper limb motor function after stroke: A prospective controlled trial

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turolla, Andrea ^a   Dam, Mauro ^a   Ventura, Laura ^b   Tonin, Paolo ^a   Agostini, Michela ^a   Zucconi, Carla ^a   Kiper, Pawel ^a   Cagnin, Annachiara ^a,b   Piron, Lamberto ^a  

^a IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Motor recovery; Stroke; Treatment outcome; Upper limb; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REINFORCED FEEDBACK IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THERAPY; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB CONVENTIONAL THERAPY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ARM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; METHODOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84881168481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-10-85     Document Type: Article

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