Pisa syndrome in Parkinson's disease: Clinical, electromyographic, and radiological characterization

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Tassorelli, Cristina ^a,c   Furnari, Anna ^b   Buscone, Simona ^a   Alfonsi, Enrico ^a   Pacchetti, Claudio ^a   Zangaglia, Roberta ^a   Pichiecchio, Anna ^a   Bastianello, Stefano ^a   Lozza, Alessandro ^a   Allena, Marta ^a   Bolla, Monica ^a   Sandrini, Giorgio ^a,c   Nappi, Giuseppe ^a   Martignoni, Emilia ^d  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Neuroimaging; Pain; Parkinson; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; QUETIAPINE;

ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARAVERTEBRAL THORACIC MUSCLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PISA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK;

AGED; ATROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 84856963655     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23930     Document Type: Article

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