Virtual reality training for upper extremity in subacute stroke (VIRTUES): Study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brunner, Iris ^a,b   Skouen, Jan S ^a,b   Hofstad, Håkon ^a,b   Strand, Liv I ^a   Becker, Frank ^c,d   Sanders, Anne Marthe ^c   Pallesen, Hanne ^e   Kristensen, Tove ^e   Michielsen, Marc ^f   Verheyden, Geert ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Centre   (Denmark)

^f Department of Cardiology Jessa Hospital   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Motor function; Occupational therapy; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; SENSOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE REHABILITATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84907910397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0186-z     Document Type: Article

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