Variable stimulation patterns for poststroke hemiplegia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Doucet, Barbara M ^a   Griffin, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublet; Electrical stimulation; Fatigue; Stroke; Variable frequency patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE STIMULATION; PATTERN STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549117987     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21114     Document Type: Article

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