Efficacy of addition of Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to standardized physical therapy in subacute spinal spasticity: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2013-2020

  Oo, Win Min ^a  

^a MANDALAY UNIVERSITY   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Muscle hypertonia; Muscle spasticity; Paraplegia; Quadriplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ANKLE CLONUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; SUBACUTE SPINAL SPASTICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ANKLE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908297288     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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