Changes of forearm EMG and cerebral evoked potentials following sudden muscle stretch during isometric contractions in patients with Parkinson's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 757, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 254-259

  Aminoff, Michael J ^a   Siedenberg, Ralf ^a   Goodin, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral evoked potential; Long latency stretch reflex; Muscle stretch; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOREARM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030957868     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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