Upper limb rehabilitation in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 773-793

  Lamers, Ilse ^a   Maris, Anneleen ^a   Severijns, Deborah ^a   Dielkens, Wouter ^a   Geurts, Sander ^a   Van Wijmeersch, Bart ^a,b   Feys, Peter ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Rehabilitation and MS Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

multiple sclerosis; rehabilitation; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC EXERCISE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSIC; NEUROREHABILITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING POOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER LIMB; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84981306098     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968315624785     Document Type: Review

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