EMG analysis of voluntary elbow movements in subjects with spasticity

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Feng, C J ^b   Mak, A F T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elbow; EMG; Spasticity; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0031770111     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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