Objective quantification of spastic hypertonia: Correlation with clinical findings

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 339-347

  Katz, Richard T ^a   Rovai, Gayle P ^b   Brait, Cathy ^b   Rymer, W Zev ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Hypertonia; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAMSTRING; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026645481     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9993(92)90007-J     Document Type: Article

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