The effect of Bobath approach on the excitability of the spinal alpha motor neurones in stroke patients with muscle spasticity

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, S ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bobath approach; H reflex; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847728229     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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