Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1340-1345 , October 2006

Validity of Accelerometry for Monitoring Real-World Arm Activity in Patients With Subacute Stroke: Evidence From the Extremity Constraint-Induced Therapy Evaluation Trial

  • Gitendra Uswatte, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gitendra Uswatte, PhD, Psychology, University of Alabama, 1530 3rd Ave S, CH415, Birmingham, AL 35294
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  • Carol Giuliani, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Curriculum in Human Movement Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Carolee Winstein, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Angelique Zeringue, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Laura Hobbs, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
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  • Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

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 Supported by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (grant no. HD 37606), and the American Heart Association Southeast Affiliate (grant no. 0365163B).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)00529-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.06.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1340-1345 , October 2006

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