Muscle inhibition following tendon stimulation is reduced in chronic stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1732-1740

  Lewis, Gwyn N ^a   McNair, Peter J ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Group III afferent; Spinal reflex; Stroke; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY NERVE; SHOULDER; STROKE; TENDON; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; REFLEX, STRETCH; STROKE; TENDONS;

EID: 69549105656     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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