Mirror therapy in chronic stroke survivors with severely impaired upper limb function: A randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 271-278

  Colomer, Carolina ^a   Noé, Enrique ^a   Llorens, Roberto ^a,b  

^a Hospital NISA Valencia al Mar y NISA Sevilla Aljarafe   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic; Stroke upper extremity paresis brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; STROKE;

ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SENSATION; STROKE;

EID: 84978116772     PISSN: 19739087     EISSN: 19739095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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