The effect of common peroneal nerve stimulation on quadriceps spasticity in hemiplegia

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-89

  Burridge, Jane ^a,b   Wood, Duncan ^a   Taylor, Paul ^a   Swain, Ian ^a   Hagan, Sean ^a  

^a SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Hemiplegia; Spasticity; Wartenberg pendulum test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 1842299318     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)65582-4     Document Type: Article

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