Disturbances of qrip force behaviour in focal hand dystonia: Evidence for a generalised impairment of sensory-motor integration?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 953-959

  Nowak, Dennis A ^a,b   Rosenkranz, K ^b   Topka, H ^a   Rothwell, J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THEORY; WRITING; BIOMECHANICS; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 21344442391     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.043943     Document Type: Article

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