Effects of combining robot-assisted therapy with neuromuscular electrical stimulation on motor impairment, motor and daily function, and quality of life in patients with chronic stroke: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Ya Yun ^a,b   Lin, Keh Chung ^c,d   Cheng, Hsiao Ju ^c   Wu, Ching Yi ^a,b   Hsieh, Yu Wei ^a,b   Chen, Chih Kuang ^b,e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Rehabilitation; Robot assisted therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SPASTICITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FLEXOR MUSCLE SPASTICITY; AGED; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; ELECTROTHERAPY; HAND; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE REHABILITATION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84947023850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0088-3     Document Type: Article

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