Impaired viscoelastic behaviour of spastic plantarflexors during passive stretch at different velocities

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 508-515

  Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b   Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Richards, Carol L ^a,b   Dumas, Francine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plantarflexors; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury; Stretching; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMOMETERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

RESISTIVE TORQUE; SPASTIC PLANTARFLEXORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031252237     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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