Strength training for partially paralysed muscles in people with recent spinal cord injury: a within-participant randomised controlled trial.
E A ByeL A HarveyA GambhirC KatariaJ V GlinskyJ L BowdenN MalikK E TranterC P LamJ S WhiteE J GollanMohit AroraS C GandeviaPublished in: Spinal cord (2016)
Strength training increases strength in partially paralysed muscles of people with recent SCI, although it is not clear whether the size of the treatment effect is clinically meaningful. Strength training has no deleterious effects on spasticity.