Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1913-1922 , October 2008

Therapeutic Effectiveness of Electric Stimulation of the Upper-Limb Poststroke Using Implanted Microstimulators

  • Ruth Turk, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ruth Turk, MSc, School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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  • Jane H. Burridge, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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  • Ross Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Mann Foundation, Santa Clarita, CA
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  • Gregoire Cosendai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Mann Foundation, Santa Clarita, CA
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  • Owen Sparrow, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • Helen C. Roberts, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • Ann-Marie Hughes, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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  • Joe Schulman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Mann Foundation, Santa Clarita, CA

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 Supported by the Alfred Mann Foundation (grant no. CP0003).

 A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article may confer a financial benefit on the author or one or more of the authors. The Alfred Mann Foundation is developing the radiofrequency microstimulator used in this study. Davis and Cosendai are consultants to the Alfred Mann Foundation; Schulman was an employee of the Alfred Mann Foundation while the study was conducted.

 Published online August 30, 2008 at www.archives-pmr.org.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00433-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.030

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1913-1922 , October 2008

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