Patients' perceptions of the Odstock Dropped Foot Stimulator (ODFS)

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-446

  Taylor, Paul N ^a   Burridge, Jane H ^a   Dunkerley, Anna L ^a   Lamb, Amanda ^a   Wood, Duncan E ^a   Norton, Jonathan A ^a   Swain, Ian D ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORTHOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 0032862031     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921599677086409     Document Type: Article

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