Therapeutic approaches for spinal cord injury induced spasticity

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Yates, C C ^a,b   Garrison, M K ^a,b   Charlesworth, A ^a   Reese, N B ^a,b   Garcia Rill, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; H reflex; Hyper reflexia; L Dopa; Modafinil; Review; Spasticity; Spinal Cord injury; Stretch reflex; Windup

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; LEVODOPA; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE TEST; GAP JUNCTION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650935836     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10134-010-0021-z     Document Type: Article

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