Analysis of interactive effect of stretch reflex and shortening reaction on rigidity in Parkinson's disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1400-1407

  Xia, Ruiping ^a,b   Sun, Junfeng ^b,c   Threlkeld, A Joseph ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic medication; Objective rigidity score; Parkinson's disease; Rigidity; Shortening reaction; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS ENTACAPONE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; ENTACAPONE; PERGOLIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TORQUE; WRIST;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STRETCH; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 67649834524     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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