Therapeutic Effectiveness of Electric Stimulation of the Upper-Limb Poststroke Using Implanted Microstimulators

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1913-1922

  Turk, Ruth ^a   Burridge, Jane H ^a   Davis, Ross ^b   Cosendai, Gregoire ^b   Sparrow, Owen ^c   Roberts, Helen C ^a,c   Hughes, Ann Marie ^a   Schulman, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Alfred Mann Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Exercise; Hemiparesis; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 55649101867     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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