Functional electrical stimulation of the ankle dorsiflexors during walking in spastic cerebral palsy: a systematic review

To assess the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of ankle dorsiflexors in children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) during walking.

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