PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 604-611 , July 2009

Spatiotemporal and Kinematic Effect of Peroneal Nerve Stimulation Versus an Ankle-Foot Orthosis in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Series

A portion of this material was presented in poster format at the Neural Interfaces Workshop, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, August 21 to 23, 2006.

  • Lynne R. Sheffler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center; and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive S1-107A, Cleveland, OH 44109†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: L.R.S.
    • ,
  • Stephanie Nogan Bailey, BSE

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center; and Department of Research, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH‡
    • ,
  • John Chae, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH§

Received 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.002

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