Spasticity, weakness, force variability, and sustained spontaneous motor unit discharges of resting spastic-paretic biceps brachii muscles in chronic stroke

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-92

  Chang, Shuo Hsiu ^a,b   Francisco, Gerard e ^a,b   Zhou, Ping ^c,d,e   Rymer, W Zev ^c,d   Li, Sheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TIRR MEMORIAL HERMANN   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Force; Hemiparesis; Spasticity; Spontaneous discharges; Stroke; Sustained motor unit variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REST; STROKE;

EID: 84879555738     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23699     Document Type: Article

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