Effects of Repetitive Electrical Stimulation to Treat Sensory Loss in Persons Poststroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2108-2111

  Smith, Patricia S ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^b   Kalisch, Tobias ^b   Johnson, Mark ^a   Walker Batson, Delaina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; SELF REPORT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STROKE; TOUCH;

EID: 71049177063     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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