Voluntary activation is reduced in both the more- and less-affected upper limbs after unilateral stroke
Objective: Measurement of voluntary activation gives an indication of neural drive to the muscle. This study aimed to identify the site of impairment in neural drive during voluntary contractions post-stroke. Methods: Elbow-flexor voluntary activation was assessed bilaterally for 10 stroke patients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00239/full |