Stretch reflex responses in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-related dystonia are not characterized by hyperreflexia

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-576

  Mugge, Winfred ^a   Schouten, Alfred C ^a,b   Bast, Gijsbert J ^a   Schuurmans, Jasper ^a   van Hilten, Jacobus J ^c   van der Helm, Frans C T ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afferent feedback; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Dystonia; Hyperreflexia; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; TORQUE; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856215531     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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