Development of a quantitative reflex hammer for measurement of tendon stretch reflex

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-169

  Kim, Kyu Jung ^a   Hwang, Il Kyu ^b   Wertsch, Jacqueline J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Instrumentation; Neuromuscular; Reflex; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GEOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PATELLAR HAMMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RELIABILITY; TENDON REFLEX; VIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036763481     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2002.802864     Document Type: Article

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