Electromyographic response to manual passive stretch of the hemiplegic wrist: Accuracy, reliability, and correlation with clinical spasticity assessment and function

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Sorinola, Isaac O ^a   White, Claire M ^a   Rushton, David N ^b   Newham, Dianne J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Function; Reliability; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PASSIVE MUSCLE STRETCHING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 61449194181     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308321778     Document Type: Article

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