Quantitative measures of spasticity in post-stroke patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1015-1022

  Pisano, Fabrizio ^a   Miscio, Giacinta ^a   Del Conte, Carmen ^a   Pianca, Danilo ^a   Candeloro, Elisa ^a   Colombo, Roberto ^a  

^a U Neurophysiol 'Salvatore M ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; H reflex; Muscle stiffness; Spasticity; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TORQUE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0034213013     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00289-3     Document Type: Article

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