Central and peripheral contributions to neuromuscular fatigue in people with stroke

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Signal, Nada ^a   Taylor, Denise ^a   McNair, Peter ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CENTRAL FATIGUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FATIGUE; NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955478998     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328808X309205     Document Type: Review

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