Measurement of elbow spasticity in stroke patients using a manual spasticity evaluator

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3974-3977

  Wu, Yi Ning ^b,c   Park, Hyung Soon ^b   Ren, Yupeng ^b   Gaebler Spira, Deborah ^b   Chen, Jia Jin ^c   Zhang, Li Qun ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII; MANUAL SPASTICITY EVALUATOR (MSE); NERVOUS SYSTEM LESION; TRICEPS BRACHII;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH CARE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NEUROLOGY; STIFFNESS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTURE; STROKE; TORQUE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34047159493     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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