Efficacy of electrical stimulation as an adjunct to repetitive task practice therapy on skilled hand performance in hemiparetic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-364

  Gharib, Nevein M M ^a   Aboumousa, Ahmed M ^b   Elowishy, Abeer A ^a   Rezk Allah, Soheir S ^a   Yousef, Fatma S ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; hand skills; repetitive task practice therapy; Stroke; three dimensional (3D) motion analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROTHERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESIS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84988253880     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215514544131     Document Type: Article

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