Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of hip adductors improves gait parameters of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Alabdulwahab, Sami S ^a   Al Gabbani, Maha ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CP; Hip adductor; Spasticity; TENS

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77950190272     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0542     Document Type: Article

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