Quantifying the effectiveness of the sustained muscle stretching treatments in stroke patients with ankle hypertonia

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-461

  Yeh, Chun Yu ^a   Chen, Jia Jin J ^b   Tsai, Kuen Horng ^c  

^a Taichung Rehabilitation Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Hypertonia; Rehabilitation; Stretch; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249797899     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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