Recovery of submaximal upper limb force production is correlated with better arm position control and motor impairment early after a stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-192

  Turner, Duncan L ^a,b,c   Tang, Xiaojun ^a   Winterbotham, Will ^b   Kmetova, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maximal voluntary contraction; Robot induced force perturbation; Subacute stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; STROKE; SUBMAXIMAL FORCE PRODUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84655169621     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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