Descending control of muscles in patients with cervical dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 493-500

  Tijssen, Marina A J ^a,b   Müchau, Alex ^a   Marsden, John F ^a   Lees, Andrew ^c,d   Bhatia, Kailash P ^c   Brown, Peter ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Frequency analysis; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0036589891     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10121     Document Type: Review

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