Spasticity and muscle contracture following stroke

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1737-1749

  O'Dwyer, N J ^a   Ada, L ^a   Neilson, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypertonia; Muscle contracture; Reflex hyperexcitability; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY;

EID: 0029969784     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.5.1737     Document Type: Article

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