Relative contributions of neural mechanisms versus muscle mechanics in promoting finger extension deficits following stroke

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-318

  Kamper, D G ^a,b   Harvey, R L ^a   Suresh, S ^a   Rymer, W Z ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Motor control; Motor deficits; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICS; MEDIAN NERVE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TORQUE; ULNAR NERVE; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FINGERS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; TORQUE;

EID: 0042933792     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10443     Document Type: Article

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