Are H and stretch reflexes in hemiparesis reproducible and correlated with spasticity?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 63-71

  Levin, Mindy F ^a   Hui Chan, Christina ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Measurement; Reflex function; Reproducibility; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027401935     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00858718     Document Type: Article

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