Pedaling alters the excitability and modulation of vastus medialis H-reflexes after stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2036-2043

  Fuchs, Dana P ^a,b,c   Sanghvi, Namita ^a   Wieser, Jon ^a   Schindler Ivens, Sheila ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Locomotion; Rehabilitation; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; PARESIS; PEDALING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATIC EXERCISE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STROKE;

EID: 80052403393     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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