Normal and impaired regulation of muscle stiffness in gait: A new hypothesis about muscle hypertonia

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 680-687

  Dietz, V ^a   Berger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFLEX; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLES; PARAPLEGIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020674034     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(83)90032-8     Document Type: Article

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