Does microcurrent stimulation increase the range of movement of ankle dorsiflexion in children with cerebral palsy?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 669-677

  Mäenpää, Helena ^a   Jaakkola, Riitta ^a   Sandström, Marita ^b   Von Wendt, Lennart ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Bioinfo Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 17644438597     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001684046     Document Type: Article

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