Decrease of hypertonia after continuous passive motion treatment in individuals with spinal cord injury

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 712-718

  Chang, Ya Ju ^a   Fang, Chia Ying ^b   Hsu, Miao Ju ^c   Lien, Hen Yu ^a   Wong, Mei Kwan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU HUI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34548744686     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507079137     Document Type: Article

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