Efficacy of mechano-acoustic vibration on strength, pain, and function in poststroke rehabilitation: A pilot study

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 391-399

  Constantino, Cosimo ^a   Galuppo, Laura ^a   Romiti, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

mechano acoustic vibration; poststroke; strength; upper limb; vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND ARM VIBRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; THERAPEUTIC USE; UPPER LIMB; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84922327919     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2105-391     Document Type: Article

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