Stretch reflex spatial threshold measure discriminates between spasticity and rigidity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 740-751

  Mullick, Aditi A ^a,b   Musampa, Nadine K ^a,b   Feldman, Anatol G ^b,c   Levin, Mindy F ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Measurement; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism; Rigidity; Spasticity; Stretch reflex; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFLEX, STRETCH; STROKE;

EID: 84875083777     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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