Segmental muscle vibration modifies muscle activation during reaching in chronic stroke: A pilot study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-414

  Paoloni, Marco ^a   Tavernese, Emanuela ^b   Fini, Massimo ^c   Sale, Patrizio ^c   Franceschini, Marco ^c   Santilli, Valter ^a   Mangone, Massimiliano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

electromyography; reaching movement; rehabilitation; Stroke; vibration therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR DELTOID MUSCLE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR DELTOID MUSCLE; SEGMENTAL MUSCLE VIBRATION; THERAPY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ARM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84909996668     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-141131     Document Type: Article

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