Altered patterns of reflex excitability, balance, and locomotion following spinal cord injury and locomotor training

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bose, Prodip K ^a,b   Hou, Jiamei ^b   Parmer, Ronald ^b   Reier, Paul J ^c   Thompson, Floyd J ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle torque; Emg; Locomotor training; Rat; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866449865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00258     Document Type: Article

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