The Effect of Poststroke Impairments on Brachialis Muscle Architecture as Measured by Ultrasound

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Li, Le ^a   Tong, Kai Y ^a   Hu, Xiaoling ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Elbow; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33846498549     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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