Efficacy of a combined physical and occupational therapy intervention in patients with subacute neuralgic amyotrophy: A pilot study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-665

  Ijspeert, Jos ^a   Janssen, Renske M J ^a   Murgia, Alessio ^b,c   Pisters, Martijn F ^d   Cup, Edith H C ^a   Groothuis, Jan T ^a   Van Alfen, Nens ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

interdisciplinary studies; Neuralgic amyotrophy; occupational therapy; physical therapy; upper limb rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW FLEXION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLENOHUMERAL CAPSULAR INFLAMMATION; HAND GRIP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE TONE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER RATING QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEROID THERAPY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TRIGGER POINT;

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892774559     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130993     Document Type: Article

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