Muscle synergies: Implications for clinical evaluation and rehabilitation of movement

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Safavynia, Seyed ^a   Torres Oviedo, Gelsy ^b   Ting, Lena ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; electromyography (EMG); muscle synergies; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE SYNERGISM; MUSCLE SYNERGY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REHABILITATION CARE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 80052911865     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1701-16     Document Type: Article

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