Electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke

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Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Mehrholz, Jan ^a,b,c   Pohl, Marcus ^d   Platz, Thomas ^e   Kugler, Joachim ^c   Elsner, Bernhard ^f  

^a Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^b SRH Fachhochschule für Gesundheit Gera gGmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Helios Klinik Schloss Pulsnitz   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARM INJURY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARM PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRAINING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED ARM TRAINING; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; AGED; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021705731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006876.pub4     Document Type: Review

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