Outcomes of a home cycling program using functional electrical stimulation or passive motion for children with spinal cord injury: A case series

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Johnston, Therese E ^a   Smith, Brian T ^a   Oladeji, Oluwabunmi ^a   Betz, Randal R ^a   Lauer, Richard T ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Child; Cycling; Exercise; Functional electrical stimulation; Paraplegia; Pediatrics; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYCLING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ERGOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HAMSTRING; HEART RATE; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA;

EID: 46749123937     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760715     Document Type: Article

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