Clinical use of the odstock dropped foot stimulator: Its effect on the speed and effort of walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1577-1583

  Taylor, Paul N ^a   Burridge, Jane H ^a   Dunkerley, Anna L ^a   Wood, Duncan E ^a   Norton, Jonathan A ^c   Singleton, Christine ^b   Swain, Ian D ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 0032763417     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90333-7     Document Type: Article

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