Greater impairment of extension movements as compared to flexion movements in Parkinson's disease

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-254

  Robichaud, Julie A ^a   Pfann, Kerstin D ^a   Comella, Cynthia L ^b   Brandabur, Melanie ^a,c   Corcos, Daniel M ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Alexian Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Movement disorders; Parkinson's disease; Single joint movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2442482626     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1782-0     Document Type: Article

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