Disturbances of motor unit rate modulation are prevalent in muscles of spastic-paretic stroke survivors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2017-2028

  Mottram, C J ^a   Heckman, C J ^b   Powers, R K ^c   Rymer, W Z ^a,b   Suresh, N L ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor unit; PIC; Saturation; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SURVIVOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STROKE;

EID: 84900835118     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00389.2013     Document Type: Article

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