Electrical stimulation: Can it increase muscle strength and reverse osteopenia in spinal cord injured individuals?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1090-1098

  Bélanger, Marc ^a   Stein, Richard B ^c   Wheeler, Garry D ^c   Gordon, Tessa ^c   Leduc, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone density; Electric stimulation; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Rehabilitation; Resistance training; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LONG BONE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0033868032     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.7170     Document Type: Article

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