Influence of Posture and Muscle Length on Stretch Reflex Activity in Poststroke Patients With Spasticity

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 981-988

  Fleuren, Judith F ^a,b   Nederhand, Mark J ^a,b   Hermens, Hermie J ^a  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre Het Roessingh   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Muscle spasticity; Posture; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTION TEST; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PENDULUM TEST; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SITTING; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SUPINE POSITION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33745245054     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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