Effect of a 4-week period of unloaded leg cycling exercise on spasticity in multiple sclerosis

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-331

  Sosnoff, Jacob ^a   Motl, Robert W ^a   Snook, Erin M ^a   Wynn, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Consultants in Neurology Multiple Sclerosis Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68649112843     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0486     Document Type: Article

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