Jaw Clonus: A Rhythmic Oscillatory Movement, but Not Tremor
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Clonus: beats provoked by the application of a rhythmic force.
(1) Clonus has been elicited by using a printed motor in nine patients with sustained ankle clonus. (2) When a dorsiflexing biasing force was applied to the foot the amplitude, but not the frequency, of the clonus varied according to the strength of the force. (3) When the biasing force was withdrawn there could be, for some seconds, continuing EMG evidence of a rhythmic discharge. (4) The clon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.538