The effects of wide pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation on elbow flexion torque in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2247-2255

  Clair Auger, J M ^a   Collins, D F ^a   Dewald, J P A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Motoneuron excitability; Reflex transmission; Sensori motor integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC HEMIPARETIC STROKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; WIDE PULSE NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARESIS; STROKE; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866982157     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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