Functional electrical stimulation therapy of voluntary grasping versus only conventional rehabilitation for patients with subacute incomplete tetraplegia: A randomized clinical trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 433-442

  Popovic, Milos R ^a,b   Kapadia, Naaz ^b   Zivanovic, Vera ^b   Furlan, Julio C ^b   Craven, B Cathy ^a,b   McGillivray, Colleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

functional electrical stimulation; grasping; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia; upper extremity rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRECISION GRIP; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SUBACUTE INCOMPLETE TETRAPLEGIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE HAND FUNCTION TEST; VOLUNTARY GRASPING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952674313     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310392924     Document Type: Article

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