Decreased Contribution From Afferent Feedback to the Soleus Muscle During Walking in Patients With Spastic Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 135-144

  Mazzaro, Nazarena ^a   Nielsen, Jørgen F ^b   Grey, Michael J ^a   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Hammel Neurorehabilitation Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

sensory feedback; Spasticity; stroke; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; ROBOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34447254017     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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