Frequency analysis of EMG activity in patients with idiopathic torticollis

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 677-686

  Tijssen, Marina A J ^a,b,c   Marsden, J F ^a   Brown, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Frequency analysis; Time domain analysis; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIUS CAPITIS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0034122497     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.4.677     Document Type: Article

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