The Effectiveness of Progressively Increasing Stimulation Frequency and Intensity to Maintain Paralyzed Muscle Force During Repetitive Activation in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 856-864

  Chou, Li Wei ^a   Lee, Samuel C ^a,b   Johnston, Therese E ^b   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PARALYSIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 42649085695     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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