Bilateral priming accelerates recovery of upper limb function after stroke a randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 205-210

  Stinear, Cathy M ^a,b   Petoe, Matthew A ^a,b   Anwar, Samir ^c   Barber, Peter Alan ^a,b,d   Byblow, Winston D ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Neuronal plasticity; Neurophysiology; Physical therapy techniques; Rehabilitation; Single pulse; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84893704418     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003537     Document Type: Article

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