Evaluation and treatment of spastic hypertonia and contracture

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2451-2452

  Zhang, Li Qun ^a,c   Chung, Sun G ^a,b   Van Rey, Elton M ^a,b   Lin, Amanda F ^a,b   Bai, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Grant, Thomas H ^b   Roth, Elliot J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracture; Reflex; Spasticity; Stiffness; Therapyu

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ANKLES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PLANTAR FLEXORS; REFLEX; SPASTIC CONTRACTURE; SPASTIC HYPERTONIA; SPASTIC MUSCLES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036916408     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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