Transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation for grasping in subjects with cervical spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Mangold, S ^a,b   Keller, T ^a,b   Curt, A ^b   Dietz, V ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Grasp function, transcutaneous stimulation; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegic subjects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRASPING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUADRIPLEGIA; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK INJURIES; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244251433     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101644     Document Type: Article

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