Muscle function of knee extensors and flexors after stroke is selectively impaired at shorter muscle lengths

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 317-321

  Horstman, Astrid ^a   Gerrits, Karin ^a   Beltman, Marijke ^a   Janssen, Thomas ^a,b   Konijnenbelt, Manin ^b   de Haan, Arnold ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Electromyography; Muscle weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TORQUE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; THIGH;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THIGH;

EID: 64349116912     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0331     Document Type: Article

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