Weakening of synergist muscle coupling during reaching movement in stroke patients

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-368

  Kisiel Sajewicz, Katarzyna ^a,b   Fang, Yin ^a   Hrovat, Ken ^c   Yue, Guang H ^a   Siemionow, Vlodek ^a   Sun, Chang Kai ^d   Jaskólska, Anna ^b   Jaskólski, Artur ^b   Sahgal, Vinod ^a   Daly, Janis J ^c,e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c LSCDVA Medical Center   (United States)

^d DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Coordination; Electromyography (EMG); Functional coupling; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 79954625541     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310388665     Document Type: Article

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