The Effect of Electro-Acupuncture on Spasticity of the Wrist Joint in Chronic Stroke Survivors

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Mukherjee, Mukul ^a   McPeak, Lisa K ^a   Redford, John B ^a   Sun, Chao ^b   Liu, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE TRAINING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; STROKE; WRIST;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SURVIVORS; TORQUE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33846538580     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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