Evidence for strength imbalances as a significant contributor to abnormal synergies in hemiparetic subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-221

  Lum, Peter S ^a,b,c   Burgar, Charles G ^a,b   Shor, Peggy C ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Joint torque; Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC); Neural coupling; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE;

EID: 0037311358     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10305     Document Type: Article

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