Upper limb effort does not increase maximal voluntary muscle activation in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1741-1749

  Huang, Helen J ^a   Ferris, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Incomplete spinal cord injury; Interlimb coupling; Locomotion; Neural coupling; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549105651     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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