Changes in voluntary torque and electromyographic activity following oral baclofen

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 784-795

  Hornby, T George ^a   Heckman, C J ^b   Harvey, Richard L ^b   Rymer, W Zev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antispastic agents; Motoneuron; Motor unit; Spasticity; Strength

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACLOFEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TORQUE;

EID: 10044235058     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20176     Document Type: Article

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