Intrinsic muscle strength and voluntary activation of both lower limbs and functional performance after stroke

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-261

  Horstman, Astrid M ^a   Beltman, Marijke J ^a   Gerrits, Karin H ^a   Koppe, Peter ^b   Janssen, Thomas W ^a,b   Elich, Peter ^b   De Haan, Arnold ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DNO   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Lower extremity; Mobility limitation; Quadriceps, knee flexors; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TORQUE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; STROKE; TORQUE;

EID: 45549089517     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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