Idiopathic spasmodic torticollis is not associated with abnormal kinesthetic perception from neck proprioceptive and vestibular afferences

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 546-555

  Anastasopoulos, Dimitri ^a,b   Nasios, Gregor ^b   Mergner, Thomas ^c   Maurer, Christoph ^c  

^a University of Athens ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Neck proprioceptive input; Spatial orientation; Torticollis; Vestibular input

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NECK; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0037903321     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1034-z     Document Type: Article

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