Electrical stimulation to reduce the overload in upper limbs during sitting pivot transfer in paraplegic: a preliminary study

Transfer is a key ability and allows greater interact with the environment and social participation. Conversely, paraplegics have great risk of pain and injury in the upper limbs due to joint overloads during activities of daily living, like transfer. The main goal of this study is to verify if the...

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Main Authors: Ana Claudia G. Lopes, Claudia Ochoa-Diaz, Roberto S. Baptista, Lucas O. Fonseca, Charles Fattal, Christine Azevedo Coste, Antônio P.L. Bó, Emerson Fachin-Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-08-01
Series:European Journal of Translational Myology
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/6223