Functional electrical stimulation for improving gait in persons with chronic stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 491-498

  Pereira, Shelialah ^a,b   Mehta, Swati ^a,b   McIntyre, Amanda ^a,b   Lobo, Liane ^a,b   Teasell, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Gait; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84870670360     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1906-491     Document Type: Review

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