Multijoint reflexes of the stroke arm: Neural coupling of the elbow and shoulder

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 694-703

  Sangani, Samir G ^a   Starsky, Andrew J ^b   Mcguire, John R ^c   Schmit, Brian D ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint torque; Neural couplinq; Spasticity; Stretch reflex; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; REFLEX; SHOULDER JOINT; STROKE; TORQUE;

EID: 35448999362     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20852     Document Type: Article

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