Effect of Sensory-Amplitude Electric Stimulation on Motor Recovery and Gait Kinematics After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 710-714

  Yavuzer, Gunes ^a,c   Öken, Öznur ^b   Atay, Mesut B ^a   Stam, Henk J ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ankara State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Electric stimulation; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; STAGING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 34249039525     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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