Effectiveness of hybrid assistive neuromuscular dynamic stimulation therapy in patients with subacute stroke: A randomized controlled pilot trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 830-837

  Shindo, Keiichiro ^a,b   Fujiwara, Toshiyuki ^b   Hara, Joji ^a   Oba, Hideki ^a   Hotta, Fujiko ^a   Tsuji, Tetsuya ^b   Hase, Kimitaka ^b   Liu, Meigen ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

clinical controlled trial; electrical stimulation; hemiparesis; rehabilitation; stroke; upper extremity function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRID ASSISTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR DYNAMIC STIMULATION THERAPY; INTEGRATED VOLITIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; SPLINT; STROKE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINTS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054043282     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311408917     Document Type: Article

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