Use of a motorized bicycle exercise trainer to normalize frequency-dependent habituation of the H-reflex in spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Kiser, Thomas S ^a,b,c,e   Reese, Nancy B ^d   Maresh, Twala ^d   Hearn, Stephen ^d   Yates, Charlotte ^d   Skinner, Robert D ^a,b   Pait, T Glenn ^b   Garcia Rill, Edgar ^a,b  

^a Center for Translational Neuroscience   (United States)

^b Jackson T Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; H reflex; Motorized bicycle; Spasticity; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HABITUATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRETCHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; CERVICAL SPINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; TIME;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; H-REFLEX; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844527887     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753818     Document Type: Article

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