A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-524

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

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Chronic; Functional electrical stimulation; Incomplete; Physiotherapy; Spinal cord injury; Therapy; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; WALKING HARNESS; WALKING SPEED; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROTHERAPY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84907426398     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772314Y.0000000263     Document Type: Article

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