Spastic Hypertonia and Movement Disorders: Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation, and Quantification

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 827-833

  Sheean, Geoffrey ^a   McGuire, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHWORTH SCALE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL REFLEX; TARDIEU SCALE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 70349227630     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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