Time and magnitude of torque generation is impaired in both arms following stroke

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-53

  McCrea, Patrick H ^a   Eng, Janice J ^a   Hodgson, Antony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm; Hemiparesis; Muscle; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TORQUE;

AGED; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038460821     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10397     Document Type: Article

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