The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on clinical improvement in hemiplegic lower extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: A single-blind, randomised, controlled trial

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2047-2054

  Mesci, Nilgun ^a   Ozdemir, Ferda ^b   Kabayel, Derya Demirbag ^b   Tokuc, Burcu ^b  

^a Ercis State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Neuromuscular; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449125882     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280902893626     Document Type: Article

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