FES cycling reduces spastic muscle tone in a patient with multiple sclerosis

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-337

  Krause, Phillip ^a,b   Szecsi, Johann ^b   Straube, Andreas ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Functional electrical stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLING; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948983699     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2007-22412     Document Type: Article

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