Musculoskeletal adaptations in chronic spinal cord injury: Effects of long-term soleus electrical stimulation training

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Shields, Richard K ^a   Dudley Javoroski, Shauna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Fatigue; Muscle; Paralysis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846941904     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306293447     Document Type: Article

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