Functional Electrical Therapy (FET): Clinical Trial in Chronic Hemiplegic Subjects

Neuromodulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Popovic, Mirjana B ^a,b   Popovic, Dejan B ^a   Schwirtlich, Laszlo ^c   Sinkjær, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Inst for Rehab Dr Miroslav Zotovic   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Acute; Chronic; Functional electrical therapy (FET); Hemiplegia; Paretic arm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN;

EID: 1842732200     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1094-7159.2004.04017.x     Document Type: Article

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