Shoulder pain in hemiplegia revisited: Contribution of functional electrical stimulation and other therapies

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Vuagnat, Hubert ^a   Chantraine, Alex ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Prevention; Shoulder pain; Shoulder subluxation; Spasticity; Stroke; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCITONIN; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CLONAZEPAM; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TIZANIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARM MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DEVICE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIVER TOXICITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE LESION; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEDATION; SENSIBILITY; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY; STROKE; SUBLUXATION; TENDON LESION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNILATERAL NEGLECT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037338822     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970306111     Document Type: Review

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