Upper-limb motor control in patients after stroke: Attentional demands and the potential beneficial effects of arm support

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 377-387

  Houwink, Annemieke ^a   Steenbergen, Bert ^a,b   Prange, Gerdienke B ^c   Buurke, Jaap H ^c   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual task; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; PARESIS; STROOP TEST; UPPER LIMB MOTOR CONTROL; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRACES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE; STROOP TEST; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84896562864     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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