Altered motor control and spasticity after spinal cord injury: Subjective and objective assessment

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-52

  Sherwood, Arthur M ^a   Graves, Daniel E ^b   Priebe, Michael M ^b  

^a VA Rehab R D Ctr Excellence H   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Computer assisted; Electromyography; Muscle spasticity; Signal processing; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

MOTOR CONTROL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (SEMG);

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0033869843     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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