Effects of computer-aided Interlimb force coupling training on paretic hand and arm motor control following chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Chueh Ho ^a   Chou, Li Wei ^b   Luo, Hong Ji ^b   Tsai, Po Yi ^c   Lieu, Fu Kong ^d   Chiang, Shang Lin ^b,e,f   Sung, Wen Hsu ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Cheng Hsin Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED INTERLIMB FORCE COUPLING TRAINING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TAIWAN; TRAINING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84941277420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131048     Document Type: Article

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