H-reflex, muscle voluntary activation level, and fatigue index of flexor carpi radialis in individuals with incomplete cervical cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Lin, Kwan Hwa ^a   Chen, Ying Chen ^a   Luh, Jer Junn ^a   Wang, Chun Hou ^b   Chang, Ya Ju ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fatigue; flexor carpi radialis; H reflex; M wave; muscle activation; spinal cord lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84862935725     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311418785     Document Type: Article

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