Short-term effects and long-term use of a hybrid orthosis for neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the upper extremity in patients after chronic stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Meijer, Jan Willem G ^a,b   Voerman, Gerlienke E ^c   Santegoets, Kim M L W ^a   Geurts, Alexander C H ^d,e  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Hypertonia; Long term use; Pain; Spastic hemiplegia; Stroke; Therapeutic electrical stimulation; Upper extremity; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ORTHOSIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RELAPSE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST DISEASE; AGED; ARM; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEMIPLEGIA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 60749124407     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0299     Document Type: Article

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