Cycling exercise with functional electrical stimulation improves postural control in stroke patients

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 506-510

  Lo, Hsin Chang ^a   Hsu, Yung Chun ^b   Hsueh, Ya Hsin ^c   Yeh, Chun Yu ^d  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cycling exercise; Functional electrical stimulation; Muscle tone; Postural control; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PENDULUM TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ODDS RATIO; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857996951     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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