Efficacy of motor imagery additional to motor-based therapy in the recovery of motor function of the upper limb in post-stroke individuals: a systematic review

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 548-553

  Machado, Tácia Cotinguiba ^a   Carregosa, Adriani Andrade ^a   Santos, Matheus S ^a   Ribeiro, Nildo Manoel da Silva ^a   Melo, Ailton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

motor imagery; motor based therapy; Rehabilitation; stroke; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PEDRO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER LIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

HUMANS; IMAGERY, PSYCHOTHERAPY; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 85072717609     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2019.1627716     Document Type: Review

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