Electrical and mechanical output of the knee muscles during isometric and isokinetic activity in stroke and healthy adults

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-90

  Davies, J M ^b   Mayston, M J ^b   Newham, D J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TORQUE;

EID: 0029867671     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289609166022     Document Type: Article

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