A feasibility study to investigate the clinical application of functional electrical stimulation (FES), for dropped foot, during the sub-acute phase of stroke – A randomized controlled trial

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Salisbury, Lisa ^a   Shiels, Jane ^b   Todd, Iain ^b   Dennis, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PERONEAL NERVE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878894949     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2012.674087     Document Type: Article

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