Non-paretic quadriceps activity influences paretic quadriceps activity post-stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1962-1967

  Lewek, Michael D ^a   Breslin, Rachel ^a   Hlad, Lesley ^a   Lanton, Alex ^a   St John, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral muscle activation; Cerebrovascular accident; Hemiparesis; Quadriceps; Volitional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; PARALYSIS; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STROKE; TENDON REFLEX; TORQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956920343     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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