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Home-based motor imagery training for gait rehabilitation of people with chronic poststroke hemiparesis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Aug;89(8):1580-8 Authors: Dunsky A, Dickstein R, Marcovitz E, Levy S, Deutsch J OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility and efficacy of a home-based motor imagery gait training program to improve walking performance of individuals with chronic poststroke hemiparesis. DESIGN: Nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING: Local facility. PARTICIPANTS: Participants (N=17) were community-dwelling volunteers with hemiparesis caused by a unilateral stroke that...

Virtual Rehabilitation in an Activity Centre for Community-Dwelling Persons with Stroke. The Possibilities of 3-Dimensional Computer Games. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Jul 31;26(3):289-296 Authors: Broeren J, Claesson L, Goude D, Rydmark M, Sunnerhagen KS Background: The main purpose of this study was to place a virtual reality (VR) system, designed to assess and to promote motor...