Mirror therapy enhances upper extremity motor recovery in stroke patients

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 597-603

  Mirela Cristina, Luca ^a   Matei, Daniela ^a   Ignat, Bogdan ^a   Popescu, Cristian Dinu ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Mirror therapy; Motor recovery; Stroke; Upper limb extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84947487779     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0465-5     Document Type: Article

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