Effectiveness of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Improving Clinical Outcomes in the Upper Arm following Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Search strategy for Medline database.

Keywords	Medline
(1) Electrical stimulation	122378
(2) Functional electrical stimulation	1483
(3) Neuromuscular electrical stimulation	522
(4) FES	3333
(5) NMES	536
(6) Or/1–5	124932
(7) Stroke	174199
(8) Hemiplegia	13150
(9) Or/7-8	184835
(10) Shoulder joint	14935
(11) Subluxation	7739
(12) Pain	467097
(13) Motor function	13027
(14) Or/10–13	496229
(15) 6 + 9 + 14	229

FES: functional electrical stimulation.
NMES: neuromuscular electrical stimulation.