Effects of substituting a portion of standard physiotherapy time with virtual reality games among community-dwelling stroke survivors

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Singh, Devinder Kaur Ajit ^a   Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin ^a   Aziz, Noor Azah Abd ^b   Lim, Beng K ^a   Soh, Li C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Physical function; Stroke survivors; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TIME; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; WALKING;

EID: 84889991809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-199     Document Type: Article

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