Increased muscle belly and tendon stiffness in patients with Parkinson's disease, as measured by myotonometry

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2119-2122

  Marusiak, Jarosław ^a   Jaskólska, Anna ^a   Budrewicz, Sławomir ^b   Koszewicz, Magdalena ^b   Jaskólski, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Muscle passive stiffness; Myotonometry; Parkinson's disease; Rehabilitation; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW JOINT ANGLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BELLY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOGRAPHY; MYOTONOMETRY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TENDON STIFFNESS; TONOMETRY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; TENDONS;

EID: 80052963808     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23841     Document Type: Article

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