Virtual reality exercise improves mobility after stroke: An inpatient randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1853-1855

  McEwen, Daniel ^a,b   Taillon Hobson, Anne ^a   Bilodeau, Martin ^a,b   Sveistrup, Heidi ^b   Finestone, Hillel ^a,b,c  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c University of Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

exercise movement techniques; gait; rehabilitation; virtual reality therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEDOKE MCMASTER STROKE ASSESSMENT LEG DOMAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SITTING; SKIING; SOCCER; STANDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; GAIT; REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84901930276     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005362     Document Type: Article

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