Upper-extremity H-reflex measurement post-stroke: Reliability and inter-limb differences

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1606-1615

  Phadke, Chetan P ^a,b,c   Robertson, Christopher T ^a,b,d   Condliffe, Elizabeth G ^a,b,e   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^d JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recovery; Reflex; Reliability; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 84863196732     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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