Reduction of common motoneuronal drive on the affected side during walking in hemiplegic stroke patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2813-2818

  Nielsen, J B ^a   Brittain, J S ^b   Halliday, D M ^b   Marchand Pauvert, V ^c   Mazevet, D ^c   Conway, B A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; Cross correlation; Motor units; Synchronization; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 56749173564     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.07.283     Document Type: Article

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