A new virtual reality tool for unilateral cerebral palsy rehabilitation: Two single-case studies

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 418-422

  Dinomais, Mickaël ^a   Veaux, Fabienne ^b   Yamaguchi, Takehiko ^a   Richard, Paul ^a   Richard, Isabelle ^c   Nguyen, Sylvie ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre de Rééducation des Capucins   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Motor function; Rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BOX AND BLOCK TEST; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; JEBSEN TAYLOR TEST; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSOR; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84887861266     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2013.778347     Document Type: Article

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