The functional value of electrical muscle stimulation for the rehabilitation of the hand in stroke patients

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-10

  Hummelsheim, Horst ^a   Maier Loth, Maria Lucia ^a   Eickhof, Christel ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

afferent input; electrical stimulation; hand function; motor learning; movement repetition; stroke patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0030887564     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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