Anti-spastic effects of the direct application of vibratory stimuli to the spastic muscles of hemiplegic limbs in post-stroke patients: A proof-of-principle study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-330

  Noma, Tomokazu ^a   Matsumoto, Shuji ^b   Shimodozono, Megumi ^b   Etoh, Seiji ^b   Kawahira, Kazumi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

F wave; Modified Ashworth Scale; Muscle vibration; Spasticity; Stroke; Vibration; Vibratory stimulus

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84859881686     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0946     Document Type: Article

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