Trunk restraint to promote upper extremity recovery in stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 660-677

  Wee, Seng Kwee ^a,b   Hughes, Ann Marie ^a   Warner, Martin ^a   Burridge, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

compensatory movement; recovery; rehabilitation; stroke; trunk restraint; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; LIMB REGENERATION; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUNK; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84906232648     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314521011     Document Type: Article

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