Does dystonia always include co-contraction? A study of unconstrained reaching in children with primary and secondary dystonia

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-216

  Malfait, Nicole ^a   Sanger, Terence D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Co contraction; Dystonia; EMG; Pediatric; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSTONIA; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33751527548     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0606-4     Document Type: Article

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