Upper limb functional electrical stimulation for walker ambulation in hemiplegia: A case report

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Weingarden, Harold P ^a   Kizony, Rachel ^b   Nathan, Roger ^b,c   Ohry, Avi ^a   Levy, Haim ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Clinical Services   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Functional Electrical Stimulation; Handmaster; Hemiplegia; Rehabilitation; Upper Limb

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASES; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMBULATION; HANDMASTER; HEMIPLEGIA; UPPER LIMB;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; WALKERS;

EID: 0031041764     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199701000-00013     Document Type: Article

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