Eccentric versus concentric resistance training to enhance neuromuscular activation and walking speed following stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-344

  Clark, David J ^a,b   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography; mobility limitation; rehabilitation; resistance training; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC RESISTANCE TRAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC RESISTANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84876127857     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312469833     Document Type: Article

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