Rhythmic arm cycling suppresses hyperactive soleus H-reflex amplitude after stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1443-1452

  Barzi, Yasaman ^a   Zehr, E Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Hyperreflexia; Locomotion; Reflex; Rhythmic movement; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHMIC ARM CYCLING MOVEMENT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERIODICITY; STROKE;

EID: 43049133265     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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