Beneficial effects of footbaths in controlling spasticity after stroke

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-473

  Matsumoto, Shuji ^a,b   Shimodozono, Megumi ^a   Etoh, Seiji ^a   Shimozono, Yurika ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Kawahira, Kazumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kirishima Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature; F wave; Footbath; Post stroke patients; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; STROKE; COMPLICATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; STROKE;

EID: 77954214927     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0300-x     Document Type: Article

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