"Functional electrical stimulation (FES) impacted on important aspects of my life" - A qualitative exploration of chronic stroke patients' and carers' perceptions of FES in the management of dropped foot

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Wilkie, Katie M ^a   Shiels, Jane E ^a   Bulley, Cathy ^b   Salisbury, Lisa G ^c  

^a ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCOTLAND; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 81855226417     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2011.563775     Document Type: Article

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