Muscle atrophy and functional deficits of knee extensors and flexors in people with chronic stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-439

  Prado Medeiros, Christiane L ^a   Silva, Milla P ^a   Lessi, Giovanna C ^a   Alves, Marcela Z ^a   Tannus, Alberto ^b   Lindquist, Ana R ^c   Salvini, Tania F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TORQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PARESIS; STROKE; TORQUE;

EID: 84859182586     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090127     Document Type: Article

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