Reflex Torque Response to Movement of the Spastic Elbow: Theoretical Analyses and Implications for Quantification of Spasticity

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 815-829

  Schmit, Brian D ^a   Dhaher, Yasin ^a   Dewald, Julius P A ^a   Zev Rymer, W ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hemiparesis; Spasticity; Stretch reflex; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 0033220287     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.234     Document Type: Article

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