Effect of cold air therapy in relieving spasticity: Applied to spinalized rabbits

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 167-173

  Lee, S U ^a,b   Bang, M S ^a   Han, T R ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cold air; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; COLD AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPASTICITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MYOCLONUS; PARAPLEGIA; RABBITS; REFLEX, BABINSKI; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 85047696194     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101279     Document Type: Article

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