Action-induced clonus mimicking tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-288

  Fraix, Valérie ^a,b,c   Delalande, Isabelle ^d   Parrache, Marianne ^e   Derambure, Philippe ^a   Cassim, François ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^d Department of Addictology Le Square   (France)

^e CRRF Sainte Barbe   (France)

Author keywords

Action tremor; Central motor pathways; Clonus; Spasticity; Stretch reflex; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CAPSULAR ISCHEMIC STROKE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLONUS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; KINETIC TREMOR; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL REFLEX; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; TOPOGRAPHY; TREMOR;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TREMOR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 39749155059     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21826     Document Type: Article

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