Involuntary paretic wrist/finger flexion forces and EMG increase with shoulder abduction load in individuals with chronic stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1216-1225

  Miller, Laura C ^a,b   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,b,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke; Synergy; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; STROKE; WRIST;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; SHOULDER; STROKE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST;

EID: 84861459677     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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