Strength and coordination in the paretic leg of individuals following acute stroke

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-534

  Hidler, Joseph M ^a,b   Carroll, Marti ^b   Federovich, Elissa H ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Muscle; Spasticity; Stroke; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; TORQUE;

HEMIPARESIS; TORQUE GENERATING CAPACITY;

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STANDING; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE; TORQUE;

ACUTE STROKE; AGE-MATCHED CONTROLS; ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLES; CO-CONTRACTION; CONTROL GROUPS; GENERATING CAPACITY; HEMIPARESIS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; ISOMETRIC TORQUE; JOINT TORQUES; LOWER EXTREMITY; LOWER LIMB; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; SPASTICITY; UPPER LIMBS;

EID: 37249049304     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.907689     Document Type: Article

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