Walking ability of stroke patients: Efficacy of tibial nerve blocking and a polypropylene ankle-foot orthosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1144-1151

  Beckerman, Heleen ^a,c   Becher, Jules ^a   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOSIS; PES EQUINOVARUS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; STROKE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0029972337     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90138-0     Document Type: Article

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