Neurophysiological methods for the assessment of spasticity: The Hoffman reflex, the tendon reflex, and the stretch reflex

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 33-68

  Voerman, G E ^a   Gregoric M ^b   Hermens, H J ^a,c  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Neurophysiology; Phasic stretch reflex; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERNET; LATENT PERIOD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPASTICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TENDON REFLEX;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 12344282096     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400014600     Document Type: Review

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