Effects of chronic baclofen use on active movement in an individual with a spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 925-927

  Angeli, C ^a,b   Ochsner, J ^a   Harkema, S ^a,b  

^a Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

baclofen; locomotion; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BACLOFEN; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870904078     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.93     Document Type: Article

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