Objective quantification of resting and activated Parkinsonian rigidity: A comparison of angular impulse and work scores

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-55

  Fung, Victor S C ^a   Burne, John A ^a   Morris, John G L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Objective measurement; Parkinson's disease; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TORQUE; WAVEFORM;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; TORQUE;

EID: 0033970793     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200001)15:1<48::AID-MDS1009>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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