Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice to Enhance Hand Recovery in Stroke Patients
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Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice to Enhance Hand Recovery in Stroke Patients
OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether combining mental practice with physical practice training enhances hand function in patients with stroke. METHODS 10 for treatment and 10 for control were recruited for this pre/posttraining matched case control study. In the treatment group, subjects underwent combining mental practice with physical practice for four weeks. In the control group, subjects only p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Neurology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0953-4180,1875-8584
DOI: 10.1155/2014/876416