The effect of Arm Support combined with rehabilitation games on upper-extremity function in subacute stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 174-182

  Prange, Gerdienke B ^a,b   Kottink, Anke I R ^a,b   Buurke, Jaap H ^a,b   Eckhardt, Martine M E M ^c   Van Keulen Rouweler, Bianca J ^d   Ribbers, Gerard M ^c   Rietman, Johan S ^a,b  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Rehabilitation Medical Center Groot Klimmendaal   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm support; Computerized exercises; Exercise therapy; Recovery of function; Serious games; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM SUPPORT TRAINING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVICES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAME;

ARM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84919954010     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314535985     Document Type: Article

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