Rehabilitation in practice: Management of lower motor neuron weakness

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-397

  Ramdharry, Gita M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951964428     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215509357848     Document Type: Article

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