Modeling movement disorders-CRPS-related dystonia explained by abnormal proprioceptive reflexes

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-98

  Mugge, Winfred ^a   Munts, Alexander G ^b,c   Schouten, Alfred C ^a,d   van der Helm, Frans C T ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Force feedback; Golgi tendon organs; Human motion control; Movement disorders; Muscle spindles; Neuromuscular modeling

Indexed keywords

DYSTONIA; FORCE FEEDBACK; GOLGI TENDON ORGANS; HUMAN MOTIONS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

MUSCLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON LINEAR NEUROMUSCULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYSTONIA; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; WRIST;

EID: 83555176299     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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