Functional electrostimulation in poststroke rehabilitation: A meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-553

  Glanz, Morton ^a   Klawansky, Sidney ^a   Stason, William ^a   Berkey, Catherine ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; POSTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0029994291     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90293-2     Document Type: Article

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