Neurorehabilitation with new functional electrical stimulation for hemiparetic upper extremity in stroke patients

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-14

  Hara, Yukihiro ^a,b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Home program; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SHOULDER; STROKE; WRIST;

ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 39749127173     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.4     Document Type: Review

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