Motor control after spinal cord injury: Assessment using surface EMG

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 966-979

  Sherwood, Arthur M ^a   McKay, W Barry ^a   Dimitrijević, Milan R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

motor control; motor unit activity; spinal cord injury; surface EMG; upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029826761     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199608)19:8<966::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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