An evaluation of passive properties of spastic muscles in hemiparetic stroke survivors

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2993-2996

  Chardon, Matthieu K ^a   Suresh, Nina L ^b   Rymer, William Z ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE RELATION; FORCE RESPONSE; LINEAR ACTUATOR; MECHANICAL FEATURE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PASSIVE PROPERTIES; SPASTICITY; STRETCH REFLEX;

ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENDON; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650819368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626155     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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3. Mirbagheri MM, Alibiglou L, Thajchayapong M, Rymer WZ. Muscle and reflex changes with varying joint angle in hemiparetic stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2008; 5: 6.