The effect of lower limb functional electrical stimulation on gait of children with cerebral palsy

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Seifart, Anja ^a   Unger, Marianne ^a   Burger, Marlette ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 67650324059     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e31818de3ea     Document Type: Review

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