Stretch reflexes of the proximal arm in a patient with mirror movements: Absence of bilateral long-latency components

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Fellows, S J ^a   Topper R ^a   Schwarz, M ^a   Thilmann, A F ^b   Noth, J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Neurologische Abteilung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Long latency; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343338371     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(95)00247-I     Document Type: Article

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