Combined bracing, electrical stimulation, and functional practice for chronic, upper-extremity spasticity

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 720-726

  Hardy, Kathleen ^a   Suever, Kacia ^a   Sprague, Amie ^a   Hermann, Valerie ^b   Levine, Peter ^b   Page, Stephen J ^c,d  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCAMC   (United States)

^d Drake Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Braces; Combined modality therapy; Electric stimulation; Muscle spasticity; Task performance and analysis; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BRACE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORTHOTICS; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78149349562     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2010.08137     Document Type: Article

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