Enhancement of parkinsonian rigidity with contralateral hand activation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1595-1601

  Powell, Douglas ^a   Hanson, Nicholas ^a   Joseph Threlkeld, A ^a   Fang, Xiang ^a   Xia, Ruiping ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral activation; Dopaminergic medication; Parkinson's disease; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRALATERAL HAND ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE; WRIST;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79960242074     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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