Electrical stimulation for therapy and mobility after spinal cord injury

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2002, Pages 27-34

  Stein, Richard B ^a   Chong, Su Ling ^a   James, Kelvin B ^a   Kido, Aiko ^a   Bell, Gordon J ^a   Tubman, L Aaron ^b   Bélanger, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING SPEED; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036454314     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)37005-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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