Muscle weakness and lack of reflex gain adaptation predominate during post-stroke posture control of the wrist

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Meskers, Carel G M ^a   Schouten, Alfred C ^b   De Groot, Jurriaan H ^a   De Vlugt, Erwin ^b   Van Hilten, Bob J J ^a   Van Der Helm, Frans C T ^b   Arendzen, Hans J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; SPASTIC PARESIS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SPASTICITY; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STROKE; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 69449104509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-6-29     Document Type: Article

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