Randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation therapy for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on quality of life and community participation

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-258

  Hitzig, Sander L ^a   Craven, B Catharine ^a,b   Panjwani, Aliza ^c   Kapadia, Naaz ^a,d   Giangregorio, Lora M ^a,e   Richards, Kieva ^a   Masani, Kei ^a,f   Popovic, Milos R ^a,f  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; community participation; exercise; functional electrical stimulation; qualitative research; quality of life; spinal cord injuries; therapy; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAIG HANDICAP AND ASSESSMENT REPORTING TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINTEGRATION TO NORMAL LIVING INDEX; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

EID: 84888350110     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1904-245     Document Type: Article

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