The efficacy of thermocoagulation of the tibial nerve and a polypropylene ankle-foot orthosis on spasticity of the leg in stroke patients: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-120

  Beckerman, H ^a   Becher, J ^a   Lankhorst, G J ^a   Verbeek, A L M ^b   Vogelaar, T W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PES EQUINOVARUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0029881487     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000205     Document Type: Article

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