Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 564-570 , April 2009

A Comparison of Functional Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation for Propelled Cycling of Paretic Patients

  • Johann Szecsi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sensorimotor Research, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Johann Szecsi, MD, Center for Sensorimotor Research, Dept of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Marchioninistrasse 23, 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • Martin Schiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sensorimotor Research, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Andreas Straube, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sensorimotor Research, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Dieter Gerling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Drives, University of Federal Defense, Munich, Germany

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 Supported by the Else-Kröner Fresenius Foundation, Bad-Homburg, Germany (grant no. P35/06//A09/06).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01707-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.572

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 564-570 , April 2009

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