Multicenter evaluation of electrical stimulation systems for walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-500

  Wieler, Marguerite ^a   Stein, Richard B ^a   Ladouceur, Michel ^b   Whittaker, Maura ^d   Smith, Andrew W ^c   Naaman, Saad ^a,e   Barbeau, Hugues ^b   Bugaresti, Joanne ^c,f   Aimone, Elaine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Lyndhurst Hospital   (Canada)

^d GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT DISORDER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0032898535     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90188-0     Document Type: Article

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