Reliability of elbow stretch reflex assessment in chronic post-stroke hemiparesis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1870-1878

  Condliffe, Elizabeth G ^a,b,c   Clark, David J ^a   Patten, Carolynn ^a,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Hemiplegia; Motor control; Reflex; Reliability; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERROR; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROKE;

AGED; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARESIS; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 22844436077     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.02.030     Document Type: Article

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