Motoneuron pool excitability of hemiplegic patients: Assessing recovery stages by using H-reflex and M response

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1604-1610

  Higashi, Toshio ^a   Funase, Kozo ^a   Kusano, Kana ^b   Tabira, Takayuki ^b   Harada, Naoki ^c   Sakakibara, Atsushi ^a   Yoshimura, Toshiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki National Hospital   (Japan)

^c Inoue Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

H reflex; Motor neurons; Recovery of function; Rehabilitation; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PREDICTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0034747972     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.25081     Document Type: Article

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