Dose and timing in neurorehabilitation: Prescribing motor therapy after stroke

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 549-555

  Lang, Catherine E ^a   Lohse, Keith R ^b   Birkenmeier, Rebecca L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response relationships; Motor; Neurorehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEUROREHABILITATION; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84947488049     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000256     Document Type: Review

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