Therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of ankle plantarflexor spasticity in a unilateral stroke population: A randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, S ^a   Bagheri, H ^a   Ghassabi, H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ankle; Hmax Mmax ratio; Spasticity; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34249809722     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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