Upper-limb spasticity during the first year after stroke: Stroke arm longitudinal study at the University of Gothenburg

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 884-896

  Opheim, Arve ^a,b   Danielsson, Anna ^a   Murphy, Margit Alt ^a   Persson, Hanna C ^a   Sunnerhagen, Katharina Stibrant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Longitudinal Study; Muscle Spasticity; Pain; Range of Motion; Sensibility; Sensorimotor Function; Stroke; Upper Limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84909592584     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000157     Document Type: Article

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