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Toward a hybrid exoskeleton for crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy: neuromuscular electrical stimulation for improved knee extension

BACKGROUND: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) has been utilized for many years in cerebral palsy (CP) with limited success despite its inherent potential for improving muscle size and/or strength, inhibiting or reducing spasticity, and enhancing motor performance during functional activiti...

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Autores principales: Shideler, Blynn L., Bulea, Thomas C., Chen, Ji, Stanley, Christopher J., Gravunder, Andrew J., Damiano, Diane L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32883297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-020-00738-7