Motor overflow and mirror dystonia

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 758-761

  Sitburana, Oraporn ^a,b   Chen Wu, Laura Jui ^a   Sheffield, James K ^a   Davidson, Anthony ^a   Jankovic, Joseph ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BUMRUNGRAD INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Focal hand dystonia; Mirror dystonia; Motor overflow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70450223541     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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