Contributions of altered stretch reflex coordination to arm impairments following stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3612-3624

  Trumbower, Randy D ^a,b   Ravichandran, Vengateswaran J ^d   Krutky, Matthew A ^d   Perreault, Eric J ^b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE; VOLITION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78650909105     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00804.2009     Document Type: Article

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