Health and fitness benefits of functional electrical stimulation-evoked leg exercise for spinal cord-injured individuals: A position review

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 88-121

  Hamzaid, Nur Azah ^a   Davis, Glen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Functional electrical stimulation; Position review; Spinal cord injury; Systematic technique

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; LIMB; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POSITION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 67651122086     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1404-88     Document Type: Article

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