Neck rotation modulates flexion synergy torques, indicating an ipsilateral reticulospinal source for impairment in stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3096-3104

  Ellis, Michael D ^a   Drogos, Justin ^a   Carmona, Carolina ^a   Keller, Thierry ^a,b,c   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tonic neck reflex; Flexion synergy; Strength; Tonic neck reflex

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC TONIC NECK REFLEX; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY TORQUE GENERATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK; NECK ROTATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ABDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; PARESIS; REFLEX; RETICULAR FORMATION; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD; STROKE; TORQUE;

EID: 84870563030     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01030.2011     Document Type: Article

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