Simultaneous ashworth measurements and electromyographic recordings in tetraplegic patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 959-965

  Sköld, Camilla ^a   Harms Ringdahl, Karin ^a   Hultling, Claes ^a   Levi, Richard ^a   Seiger, Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031825572     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90095-8     Document Type: Article

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