Clinical and neurophysiological correlations of spasticity

Functional Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-201

  Milanov, Ivan ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Univ Neurol Hospital IV Kilometer   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

F wave; Flexor reflex; H reflex; Spasticity; T reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0033505207     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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