Effect of continued stretching of the affected arm in patients with cerebrovascular diseases by examining H-reflex characteristics

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Suzuki, Toshiaki ^a   Saitoh, E ^b   Tani, M ^a   Nabeta, R ^a   Daikuya, S ^c   Hirose, H ^c   Wakayama, I ^a   Fujiwara, T ^d  

^a Kansai College of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; Continued stretching; H reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL NERVES; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037270481     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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