Torque variations during repeated passive isokinetic movements of the knee in subjects with Parkinson's disease and healthy control subjects

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Nuyens, G ^a   De Weerdt, W ^a   Dom, R ^a   Nieuwboer, A ^a   Spaepen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fac Med Univ Leuven T ^*

Author keywords

Isokinetic; Muscle rigidity; Parkinson's disease; Passive knee movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0033997902     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(99)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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