Randomized controlled trial of yoga for chronic poststroke hemiparesis: Motor function, mental health, and quality of life outcomes

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 256-271

  Immink, Maarten A ^a   Hillier, Susan ^a   Petkov, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

disability; meditation; mental health; rehabilitation; stroke; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOGA;

DISABILITY; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; REHABILITATION; STROKE; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84903694083     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2103-256     Document Type: Article

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