Functional electrical stimulation in spinal cord injury: From theory to practice

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Martin, Rebecca ^a   Sadowsky, Cristina ^a,b   Obst, Kimberly ^a   Meyer, Brooke ^a   McDonald, John ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

activity based restorative therapy; functional electrical stimulation; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84863412798     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1801-28     Document Type: Article

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