Reflex contribution of spindle group Ia and II afferent input to leg muscle spasticity as revealed by tendon vibration in hemiparesis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1370-1381

  Nardone, Antonio ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Hypertonia; Spasticity; Spindle input; Tendon vibration; Upright stance

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; SPASTICITY; STANDING; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESIS; REACTION TIME; TENDONS; VIBRATION;

EID: 20544473470     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.01.015     Document Type: Article

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