Effects of practice combined with somatosensory or motor stimulation on hand function in persons with spinal Cord Injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 288-299

  Hoffman, Larisa ^a   Field Fote, Edelle ^b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

functional electrical stimulation; hand function; neuroplasticity; somatosensory stimulation; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THENAR;

EID: 84888341705     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1904-288     Document Type: Article

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