Rehabilitation of hand function after spinal cord injury using a novel handgrip device: a pilot study.

Background: Activity-based therapy (ABT) for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), which consists of repetitive use of muscles above and below the spinal lesion, improves locomotion and arm strength. Less data has been published regarding its effects on hand function. We sought to evaluate the eff...

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Published in:Journal of NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation (JNER) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors: Hoffman, Haydn, Sierro, Tiffany, Tianyi Niu, Sarino, Melanie E., Sarrafzadeh, Majid, McArthur, David, Edgerton, V. Reggie, Lu, Daniel C., Niu, Tianyi
Format: clinical trial research Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 3/21/2017
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