Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 627-634 , May 2006

Hand Function and Motor Cortical Output Poststroke: Are They Related?

  • Brenda J. Brouwer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Brenda J. Brouwer, PhD, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, 31 George St, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • ,
  • Kim Schryburt-Brown, MSc

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 Supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (grant no. NA 4839) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (postgraduate scholarship).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00153-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 627-634 , May 2006

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