Lycra garments designed for patients with upper limb spasticity: Mechanical effects in normal subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1066-1071

  Gracies, Jean Michel ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Richard ^a   Wilson, Linda ^a   Burke, David ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0030924104     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90129-5     Document Type: Article

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