Dynamics of spastic knee joint

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 63-69

  Vodovnik, L ^a   Bowman, B R ^b   Bajd, T ^a  

^a Zootechnical Department   (Slovenia)

^b Rancho Los Amigos Alzheimer's Disease Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Knee joint; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; GONIOMETERS - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTICULATING JOINT MOTION; BIOMECHANICAL-NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; HUMAN KNEE JOINTS; HYPERTONIA; SPASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT; KNEE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0021329379     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: 17410444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02443747     Document Type: Article

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