Deficient muscle activation in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and abnormal hand postures: An electromyographic evaluation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2025-2035

  Bank, Paulina J M ^a,b   Peper, C E ^b   Marinus, Johan ^a   Beek, Peter J ^b   Van Hilten, Jacobus J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Dystonia; Electromyography; Motor impairments; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL HAND POSTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WRIST;

EID: 84883053929     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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