Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 351-357 , March 2006

Influence of Electric Somatosensory Stimulation on Paretic-Hand Function in Chronic Stroke

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 Published as an abstract of the Fifth World Stroke Congress, June 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.019

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 351-357 , March 2006

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