Bilateral transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improves lower-limb motor function in subjects with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Kwong, Patrick W H ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Chung, Raymond C K ^a   Ng, Shamay S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Electrical stimulation; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESIS; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK ORIENTED TRAINING; TRAINING; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HONG KONG; INNERVATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85042169818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007341     Document Type: Article

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