Effects of robotic therapy of the arm after stroke

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 132-133

  Kwakkel, Gert ^a   Meskers, Carel G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESIS; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; ROBOTIC THERAPY; SENSOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARM; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84892544780     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70285-0     Document Type: Letter

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