H-reflex modulations during voluntary and automatic movements following upper motor neuron damage

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 475-483

  Leonard, Charles T ^a   Diedrich, Pamela M ^a   Matsumoto, Tamaki ^b   Moritani, Toshio ^b   McMillan, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; H reflex; Human; Postural responses; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032434327     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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