Effect of the rectus femoris motor branch block on post-stroke stiff-legged gait

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Chantraine, Frédéric ^a   Detrembleur, Christine ^b   Lejeune, Thierry M ^b,c  

^a Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle et de Réadaptation   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Nerve block; Rectus femoris; Stiff legged gait; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 26944500846     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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