Stroke patients have selective muscle weakness in shortened range

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 724-731

  Ada, Louise ^a   Canning, Colleen G ^a   Low, Sheau Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contracture; Strength; Stroke; Torque angle curve; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0037372416     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg066     Document Type: Article

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