How do somatosensory deficits in the arm and hand relate to upper limb impairment, activity, and participation problems after stroke? a systematic review

Physical Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1220-1231

  Meyer, Sarah ^a   Karttunen, Auli H ^b   Thijs, Vincent ^a,c,d   Feys, Hilde ^a   Verheyden, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Vesalius Research Center   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84906872014     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130271     Document Type: Article

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