Comparison of Single Bout Effects of Bicycle Training Versus Locomotor Training on Paired Reflex Depression of the Soleus H-Reflex After Motor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1218-1228

  Phadke, Chetan P ^a,d   Flynn, Sheryl M ^c   Thompson, Floyd J ^b,d   Behrman, Andrea L ^a,d   Trimble, Mark H ^a   Kukulka, Carl G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Brain Rehabilitation Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; H reflex; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; TREADMILL; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 67649394214     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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