Assistive technologies: Can they contribute to rehabilitation of the upper limb after stroke?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 968-985

  Farmer, Sybil Eleanor ^a   Durairaj, Venugopal ^a   Swain, Ian ^b,c   Pandyan, Anand David ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Rehabilitation; Review; systematic; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM REHABILITATION; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBASE; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT THERAPY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC; UPPER EXTREMITY;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84899538676     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.12.020     Document Type: Review

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