Surface functional electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles to enhance cough and assist tracheostomy decannulation after high-level spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Lee, Bonsan B ^a   Boswell Ruys, Claire ^b   Butler, Jane E ^b   Gandevia, Simon C ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cough reflex; Functional electrical stimulation; Pneumonia; Spinal cord injuries; Tacheostomy; Tetraplegia; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DECANNULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 45249088507     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11753985     Document Type: Article

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