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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 830873, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/830873
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Feasibility of Functional Electrical Stimulation-Assisted Neurorehabilitation following Stroke in India: A Case Series

Bhawna Khattar,1 Alakananda Banerjee,1 Rajsekhar Reddi,2 and Anirban Dutta3

1Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India
2Department of Neurology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India
3Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany

Received 30 March 2012; Accepted 21 June 2012

Academic Editors: A. E. Cavanna and A. Fasano

Copyright © 2012 Bhawna Khattar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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