Relationships between calf muscle density and muscle strength, mobility and bone status in the stroke survivors with subacute and chronic lower limb hemiparesis

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Macintyre, N J ^a,b,c   Rombough, R ^c   Brouwer, B ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Hemiparesis; Muscle density; Muscle strength; pQCT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE DENSITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; TIBIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 78650156208     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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