Functional electrical stimulation for a dropped foot

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-159

  Wilder, Robert P ^a   Wind, Tyler C ^a   Jones, Elizabeth V ^a   Crider, Brenda E ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Dropped foot; Functional electrical stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord injury; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; NEUROLOGY;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERONEUS NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PERONEAL NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036922001     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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