User experiences, preferences and choices relating to functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses for foot-drop after stroke

Physiotherapy

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Bulley, Catherine ^a   Shiels, Jane ^b   Wilkie, Katie ^b   Salisbury, Lisa ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFO; Carer; FES; Foot drop; Patient; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STROKE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE;

EID: 79961016979     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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