Foot control in incomplete SCI: Distinction between paresis and dexterity

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-60

  Wirth, Brigitte ^a,c   Van Hedel, Hubertus ^a   Curt, Armin ^b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Incomplete spinal cord injury; Motor control; Paresis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARAMETER; PARESIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPINE POSITION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43649087665     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X297030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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