Electromechanical gait training with functional electrical stimulation: Case studies in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 346-352

  Hesse, S ^a,b   Werner, C ^a   Bardeleben, A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Gait trainer; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 3042785703     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101595     Document Type: Article

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