Therapists' perspective on virtual reality training in patients after stroke: A qualitative study reporting focus group results from three hospitals

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Schmid, Ludwig ^a,b   Glässel, Andrea ^c   Schuster Amft, Corina ^b,d  

^a Rehabilitation Centre   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d Research Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE REHABILITATION; THERAPEUTIC VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 85008600544     PISSN: 20908105     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/6210508     Document Type: Article

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