Impaired EMG inhibition elicited by tendon stimulation in dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1789-1793

  Lorenzano, C ^a   Priori, A ^c   Curra A ^a,b   Gilio, F ^a   Manfredi, M ^a,b   Berardelli, A ^a,b,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

EID: 0034719074     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.12.1789     Document Type: Article

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