Spasticity Evaluation of Hemiparetic Limbs in Stroke Patients before Intervention by Using Portable Stretching Device and EMG

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Wu, Yi Ning ^a   Huang, Sheng Chih ^a   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^a   Wang, Yu Lin ^b   Piotrkiewicz, Maria ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elbow; EMG; Muscle tone measurement system; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 1942504099     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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