Soleus H-reflex recruitment is not altered in persons with chronic spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 840-847

  Schindler Ivens, Sheila M ^a,b   Shields, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Muscle spasticity; Paralysis; Rehabilitation; Soleus muscle; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON REFLEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 2942657220     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.087     Document Type: Article

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