Clinical audit of 5 years provision of the Odstock dropped foot stimulator

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 440-442

  Taylor, Paul ^a   Burridge, Jane ^a   Dunkerley, Anna ^a   Wood, Duncan ^a   Norton, Jonathan ^a   Singleton, Christine ^b   Swain, Ian ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dropped foot; Functional electrical stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Physiological cost index; Stroke; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DROPPED FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATORS; PHYSIOLOGICAL COST INDICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE CHANNELS; STROKE; WALKING SPEED;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 0032993148     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06374.x     Document Type: Article

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