Muscle ischaemia in patients with orthostatic hypotension assessed by velocity recovery cycles

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1394-1398

  Humm, Andrea Monika ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a,b   Troller, Rebekka ^a   Z'Graggen, Werner Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NECK PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY RECOVERY CYCLE;

EID: 80855138769     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-300444     Document Type: Article

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