The combined effect of dynamic splinting and neuromuscular electrical stimulation in reducing wrist and elbow contractures in six children with Cerebral palsy

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-19

  Postans, Neil ^a   Wright, Philip ^b   Bromwich, Will ^a   Wilkinson, Ingrid ^b   Farmer, Sybil E ^a   Swain, Ian ^b  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dynamic splinting; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Upper limb orthotics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC SPLINT; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOMETRY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRACTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 77749270480     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093640903051808     Document Type: Article

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