Does calf muscle spasticity contribute to postural imbalance? A study in persons with pure hereditary spastic paraparesis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 304-309

  De Niet, Mark ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,c   De Bot, Susanne T ^b   Van de Warrenburg, Bart P C ^b   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Muscle spasticity; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTURAL BALANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84880046838     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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