Hypertonia in childhood secondary dystonia due to cerebral palsy is associated with reflex muscle activation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 965-971

  van Doornik, Johan ^a   Kukke, Sahana ^a   Sanger, Terence D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Co contraction; Coactivation; Dystonia; Hypertonia; Stretch refex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651166907     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22282     Document Type: Article

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