Electrical stimulation in the management of spastic deformity

Hand Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-606

  Scheker, Luis R ^a   Ozer, Kagan ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142231988     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(03)00037-4     Document Type: Review

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