Upper limb impairments associated with spasticity in neurological disorders

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tsao, Cheng Chi ^a   Mirbagheri, Mehdi M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PARAMETER; PARESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 38849139806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-4-45     Document Type: Article

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