Functional electric stimulation to augment partial weight-bearing supported treadmill training for patients with acute incomplete spinal cord injury: A pilot study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 604-610

  Postans, Neil J ^a   Hasler, Jon P ^b   Granat, Malcolm H ^a,c   Maxwell, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Gait; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Treadmill test

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2342462913     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.083     Document Type: Article

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