Temporal facilitation of spastic stretch reflexes following human spinal cord injury

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 571, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-604

  Hornby, T George ^a,b,c   Kahn, Jennifer H ^c   Wu, Ming ^b,c   Schmit, Brian D ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VELOCITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BACLOFEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPASM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 33644678110     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.102046     Document Type: Article

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