Mirror therapy for improving motor function after stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Thieme, Holm ^a,b,c   Morkisch, Nadine ^d,e   Mehrholz, Jan ^f   Pohl, Marcus ^g   Behrens, Johann ^b   Borgetto, Bernhard ^c   Dohle, Christian ^d,e  

^a Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c HAWK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MEDIAN Klinik Berlin Kladow   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g Helios Klinik Schloss Pulsnitz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STROKE REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 85049845186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008449.pub3     Document Type: Review

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