The Effects of Ipsilateral Forearm Movement and Contralateral Hand Grasp on the Spastic Hand Opened by Electrical Stimulation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Lin, Chou Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Hand; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; SPASTICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033742220     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830001400305     Document Type: Article

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