Validation of a new biomechanical model to measure muscle tone in spastic muscles

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-625

  Lindberg, Påvel G ^a,b   Gäverth, Johan ^a   Islam, Mominul ^a   Fagergren, Anders ^a   Borg, Jörgen ^b   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biomechanical model; hand; spasticity; stretch reflex; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND SPASTICITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE BLOCK; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STROKE PATIENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; PARESIS; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80051533188     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311403494     Document Type: Article

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