Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 964-970 , August 2007

Kinematic and Clinical Analyses of Upper-Extremity Movements After Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Ching-yi Wu, ScD, OTR

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Behavioral Science and Department of Occupational Therapy, Chang Gung University, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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  • Chia-ling Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Simon F. Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, and Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, and Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR, Sch of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, 17, F4, Xu Zhou Rd, Taipei, Taiwan 100
    • ,
  • Ya-ying Huang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Therapy, Jianan Mental Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

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 Supported by the National Health Research Institutes (grant nos. NHRI-EX94-9103EC, NHRI-EX95-9103EC), Medical Research Center at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (grant no. CMRPD32022), and the National Science Council, Taiwan (grant no. NSC 92-2314-B-002-139).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of 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(07)00355-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 964-970 , August 2007

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