Locomotion in patients with spinal cord injuries

Physical Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 508-516

  Dietz, Volker ^a   Wirz, Markus ^a   Jensen, Lars ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Incomplete complete paraplegia; Increased muscle tone; Monosynaptic polysynaptic reflexes; Spinal locomotor centers; Training effects

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANNABINOID; CLONIDINE; PRAZOSIN;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE TONE; PARAPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0030962160     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/77.5.508     Document Type: Review

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