The relationship between isokinetic muscle strength and spasticity in the lower limbs of stroke patients

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 284-290

  Abdollahi, I ^a   Taghizadeh, A ^a   Shakeri, H ^a   Eivazi, M ^b   Jaberzadeh, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isokinetic; Muscle strength; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STROKE PATIENT; TORQUE; WEIGHT; AGED; ANKLE; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 84928210039     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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