Modulation of stretch reflexes of the finger flexors by sensory feedback from the proximal upper limb poststroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1420-1429

  Hoffmann, Gilles ^a   Kamper, Derek G ^a,b   Kahn, Jennifer H ^a   Rymer, William Z ^a,c   Schmit, Brian D ^a,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHOULDER; SPASTICITY; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; STROKE; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 70349270633     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90950.2008     Document Type: Article

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