Contribution of thixotropy, spasticity, and contracture to ankle stiffness after stroke
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Contribution of thixotropy, spasticity, and contracture to ankle stiffness after stroke.
OBJECTIVES Increased resistance to stretch of muscles after stroke may be the result of centrally mediated neural factors such as spasticity or local, peripheral factors such as muscle contracture or thixotropy. The aim was to investigate evidence for an abnormal thixotropic response and compare this with two other factors-contracture and spasticity-which could potentially contribute to muscle ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.1.34