Contractures and involuntary muscle overactivity in severe brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-432

  Pohl, Marcus ^a   Mehrholz, Jan ^a   Rockstroh, Günter ^a   Rückriem, Stefan ^a   Koch, Rainer ^b  

^a Department of Neurological Rehabilitation ^*  (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle contracture; Muscle overactivity; Spasticity; Upper motor neurone syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PATIENT CODING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 34248677880     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701311109     Document Type: Article

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