Quantitative relations between hypertonia and stretch reflex threshold in spastic hemiparesis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 115-124

  Powers, R K ^a,b   Marder Meyer J ^a   Rymer, W Z ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; REFLEX, STRETCH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023882205     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410230203     Document Type: Article

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