Abnormal coactivation of knee and ankle extensors is related to changes in heteronymous spinal pathways after stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dyer, Joseph Omer ^a,b   Maupas, Eric ^c,d   De Andrade Melo, Sibele ^a,b   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a,b   Forget, Robert ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Extension synergy; Hemiparesis; Isometric strength; Propriospinal; Sensory afferents; Spinal Circuits

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE;

ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE;

EID: 79960880497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-8-41     Document Type: Article

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