Bilateral oscillatory hip movements induce windup of multijoint lower extremity spastic reflexes in chronic spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1652-1661

  Onushko, Tanya ^a   Hyngstrom, Allison ^b   Schmit, Brian D ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL OSCILLATORY HIP MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPASTIC REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WINDUP;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARALYSIS; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPASM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054017847     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00859.2010     Document Type: Article

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