Can surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the wrist and hand combined with routine therapy facilitate recovery of arm function in patients with stroke?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Rosewilliam, Sheeba ^a   Malhotra, Shweta ^a   Roffe, Christine ^a   Jones, Peter ^a   Pandyan, Anand D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm; Electrical stimulation; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 84866405504     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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