Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Laver, Kate E ^a   Lange, Belinda ^a   George, Stacey ^a   Deutsch, Judith E ^b   Saposnik, Gustavo ^c   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UPPER LIMB; VIDEO GAME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85034420517     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008349.pub4     Document Type: Review

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