A functional electric orthesis on the paretic leg improves quality of life of stroke patients

CONTEXT: Hemiparesia changes quality of life of patients with stroke making difficult a normal life. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of Functional Eletric Orthesis (FEO) applied over the paretic leg in the quality of life of stroke patients. METHOD: The quality of life of 50 stroke patients of Ass...

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Main Authors: Mara Renata Fernandes, Luciane B.C. Carvalho, Gilmar F. Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2006-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000100005&tlng=en
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