Virtual Reality for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Subacute and Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 834-842.e4

  Kiper, Pawel ^a   Szczudlik, Andrzej ^b   Agostini, Michela ^a   Opara, Jozef ^c   Nowobilski, Roman ^b   Ventura, Laura ^d   Tonin, Paolo ^a   Turolla, Andrea ^a,e  

^a IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPPER LIMB; VIRTUAL REALITY; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 85046031964     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.01.023     Document Type: Article

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