Pilot study of the effect of low-cadence functional electrical stimulation cycling after spinal cord injury on thigh girth and strength

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 990-993

  Fornusek, Ché ^a   Davis, Glen Macartney ^a   Russold, Michael Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paralysis; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Therapeutic electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYCLING; ERGOMETRY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THIGH;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE;

EID: 84876682549     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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