Effects of thoraco-lumbar electric sensory stimulation on knee extensor spasticity of persons who survived cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Wang, Ray Yau ^a   Chan, Rai Chi ^b   Tsai, Mei Wun ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CVA; Electric sensory stimulation; EMG; Knee extensor spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS (CVA); ELECTRIC SENSORY STIMULATION; KNEE EXTENSOR; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPASTICITY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SAMPLING STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033891893     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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