High-versus low-frequency stimulation effects on fine motor control in chronic hemiplegia: A pilot study

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-307

  Doucet, Barbara M ^a   Griffin, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

dexterity; hand; hemiplegia; neuromuscular electrical stimulation; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FINE MOTOR SKILL; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; HIGH LEVEL OF FUNCTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY STIMULATION; LOW LEVEL OF FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PINCH STRENGTH; REHABILITATION CARE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; THENAR; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE;

EID: 84881186812     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2004-299     Document Type: Article

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