Effect of muscle biomechanics on the quantification of spasticity

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1122-1134

  Kamper, D G ^a   Schmit, B D ^b   Rymer, W Z ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber length; Stretch reflex; Stroke

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOW PASS FILTERS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; TACHOMETERS; TENDONS; TORQUE;

SPASTICITY; STRETCH REFLEXES;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELASTICITY; ELBOW; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELASTICITY; ELBOW; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE;

EID: 0035544741     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1424918     Document Type: Article

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