Robotic therapy for chronic stroke: General recovery of impairment or improved task-specific skill?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1885-1894

  Kitago, Tomoko ^a   Goldsmith, Jeff ^b   Harran, Michelle ^a   Kane, Leslie ^a   Berard, Jessica ^a   Huang, Sylvia ^a   Ryan, Sophia L ^a,c   Mazzoni, Pietro ^a   Krakauer, John W ^a,d   Huang, Vincent S ^a  

^a Department of Neurology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Motor control; Neurorehabilitation; Robotic therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC THERAPY; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE REHABILITATION;

AGED; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84941907654     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00336.2015     Document Type: Article

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