Effect of functional electrical stimulation, applied during walking, on gait in spastic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Postans, Neil J ^a   Granat, Malcolm H ^b  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 12744261486     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000083     Document Type: Article

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