Reliability of biomechanical spasticity measurements at the elbow of people poststroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1648-1654

  Starsky, Andrew J ^a   Sangani, Samir G ^a   McGuire, John R ^b   Logan, Brent ^b   Schmit, Brian D ^a,b  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Reflex, stretch; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PARAMETER; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 23644447247     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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