Post-activation depression of the soleus H-reflex in stroke patients

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Masakado, Yoshihisa ^a   Kagamihara, Y ^b   Takahashi, O ^a   Akaboshi, K ^a   Muraoka, Y ^a   Ushiba, J ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonus; H reflex; Post activation depression; Soleus muscle; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 17144370551     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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