Appearance of reciprocal facilitation of ankle extensors from ankle flexors in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 495-507

  Crone, C ^a,c   Johnsen, L L ^a   Biering Sorensen F ^a   Nielsen, J B ^b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

H reflex; Hemiplegia; Reciprocal facilitation; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0037317236     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg036     Document Type: Article

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