Assisted leg displacements and progressive loading by a tilt table combined with FES promote gait recovery in acute stroke

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Solopova, I A ^a,c   Tihonova, D Y ^b   Grishin, A A ^a,c   Ivanenko, Y P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute period of stroke; EMG patterns; functional electrical stimulation; locomotor movements; Neuromotor rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STROKE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG DISPLACEMENT ASSISTED THERAPY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052674950     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0679     Document Type: Article

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