Ankle muscle activation during functional reach in hemiparetic and healthy subjects

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 749-755

  Hsu, Wei Li ^a   Yang, Yea Ru ^a   Hong, Chi Tzong ^b   Wang, Ray Yau ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle; Electromyography; Hemiparesis; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; SITTING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ANKLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARESIS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 26244449692     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000176573.64931.94     Document Type: Article

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