Effect of motor training involving the less-affected side (MTLA) in post-stroke subjects: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 357-367

  Pandian, Shanta ^a   Arya, Kamal Narayan ^a   Kumar, Dharmendra ^a  

^a Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyaya Institute for The Physically Handicapped (PtDUIPH)   (India)

Author keywords

Bimanual training; Hemiparesis; Ipsilesional side; Less affected side; Motor training; PRE; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING; MINNESOTA MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR THERAPY; MUSCLE TRAINING; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADULT; AGED; CONVALESCENCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955300847     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1074935714Z.0000000022     Document Type: Article

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