Idiopathic focal dystonia: A disorder of muscle spindle afferent processing?

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2179-2185

  Grunewald R A ^a   Yoneda, Y ^a   Shipman, J M ^a   Sagar, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Muscle spindle; Tonic vibration reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0038713569     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.12.2179     Document Type: Article

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