Chronic stroke patients show early and robust improvements in muscle and functional performance in response to eccentric-overload flywheel resistance training: A pilot study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fernandez Gonzalo, Rodrigo ^a   Nissemark, Catarina ^b   Åslund, Birgitta ^b   Tesch, Per A ^a   Sojka, Peter ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Östersund Rehabcentrum Remonthagen   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Bilateral asymmetry; Muscle strength; Neuro rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC OVERLOAD FLYWHEEL RESISTANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROREHABILITATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPASTICITY; STROKE IMPACT SCALE; TORQUE; CONVALESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE;

EID: 84920778251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-150     Document Type: Article

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