Lack of hypertonia in thumb muscles after stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2139-2146

  Towles, Joseph D ^a   Kamper, Derek G ^a,b   Rymer, William Z ^a,c,d,e  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PARAMETER; PARESIS; PEAK TORQUE DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; THUMB; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; STROKE; THUMB;

EID: 77957829904     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00423.2009     Document Type: Article

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