Rehabilitation of motor function after stroke: A multiple systematic review focused on techniques to stimulate upper extremity recovery

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue SEP2016, 2016, Pages

  Hatem, Samar M ^a,b,c   Saussez, Geoffroy ^b   della Faille, Margaux ^b   Prist, Vincent ^d   Zhang, Xue ^e   Dispa, Delphine ^b,f   Bleyenheuft, Yannick ^b  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier de l'Ardenne   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Paresis; Rehabilitation; Review; Stroke; Systematic review; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADL DISABILITY; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMITATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIRROR NEURON; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROREHABILITATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOT ASSISTED TRAINING; SPASTICITY; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY IMMERSION;

EID: 84988649133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00442     Document Type: Article

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