Changes of reflex size in upper limbs using wrist splint in hemiplegic patients

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-182

  Ushiba, J ^a   Masakado, Y ^a   Komune, Y ^a   Muraoka, Y ^a   Chino, N ^a   Tomita, Y ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Flexor carpi radialis; H reflex; Hemiplegia; Tendon reflex; Wrist extension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; SENSORY NERVE; SPLINT; TENDON REFLEX; WRIST;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPLINTS; WRIST;

EID: 1942422706     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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