A home-based, self-administered stimulation program to improve selected hand functions of chronic stroke

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-225

  Alona, Gad ^a   Sunnerhagen, Katharina Stibrant ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^c   Ohry, Avi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Hand; Pain; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESIS; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SPASTICITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0141762381     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2003-18306     Document Type: Article

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