Restoring voluntary grasping function in individuals with incomplete chronic spinal cord injury: Pilot study

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Kapadia, Naaz ^a   Zivanovic, Vera ^a   Popovic, Milos R ^b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronic patients; functional electrical stimulation; grasping; therapy; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GRADED REDEFINED ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTH SENSIBILITY AND PREHENSION; GRASPING FUNCTION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE HAND FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84888365936     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1904-279     Document Type: Article

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