Quantitative analysis of the pendulum test: Application to multiple sclerosis patients treated with botulinum toxin

Functional Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-92

  Bianchi, Luigi ^a,b   Monaldi, Fiammetta ^a   Paolucci, Stefano ^a   Iani, Cesare ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Multiple sclerosis; Muscle tone; Pendulum test; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE TONE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 0032816704     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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