Antispastic effect of penile vibration in men with spinal cord lesion

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 919-924

  Læssøe, Line ^b,d   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^c   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^a   Sønksen, Jens ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Electromyography; Rehabilitation; Spasm; Spinal cord injuries; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PENIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EJACULATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 3042537983     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.082     Document Type: Article

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