Lower limb coordination in hemiparetic subjects: Impact of botulinum toxin injections into rectus femoris

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-449

  Hutin, Emilie ^a,b,c,d   Pradon, Didier ^d   Barbier, Franck ^b,c   Gracies, Jean Michel ^a   Bussel, Bernard ^d   Roche, Nicolas ^d  

^a PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c LAMIH   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Analyse du Mouvement   (France)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Continuous relative phase; Coordination; Gait; Hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY;

EID: 77953192013     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309354535     Document Type: Article

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