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Cognitive Function and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training Post-Stroke Using a Digital Occupational Training System
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Are aquatic exercises feasible post stroke? What do we know after an overview of systematic reviews?

Luana Paixão1, Karen Obara1, Carla T Silva1

  • 1Aquatic Physical Therapy Center, Laboratory of Biomechanics and Clinical Epidemiology, PAIFIT Research Group, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

Neurorehabilitation
|August 3, 2026
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aquatic exercisehemorrhagic strokehydrotherapyischemic strokestrokesystematic reviewsystematic reviews as topic

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