The therapeutic application of functional electrical stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation in rehabilitation of the hand function in incomplete cervical spinal cord injury

The therapeutic application of functional electrical stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation in rehabilitation of the hand function in incomplete cervical spinal cord injury

Background Functional electrical stimulation (FES) therapy has a potential to improve voluntary grasping and induce plastic changes among individuals with tetraplegia secondary to traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Also, evidence suggests that the use of high frequency repetitive transcranial magne...

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Main Authors: Shereen Fawaz, Fatma Kamel, Ahmed El Yasaky, Heba El Shishtawy, Ahmed Genedy, Reda M Awad, Lobna El Nabil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
functional electric stimulation
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
hand rehabilitation
cervical spinal cord injury
spinal cord injury
Online Access:http://www.err.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-161X;year=2019;volume=46;issue=1;spage=21;epage=26;aulast=Fawaz

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