Constraint-induced movement therapy: A family of neurorehabilitation treatments that harnesses the plasticity of the central nervous system

Neurologie und Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 161-175

  Taub, E ^a   Uswatte, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Cerebral palsy; Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy; Constraint Induced Movement Therapy; Hemiparesis; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DEAFFERENTATION; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIMATE; PRIMATE MODEL; REVIEW;

EID: 84884498490     PISSN: 09472177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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