Spastic movement disorder: impaired reflex function and altered muscle mechanics
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Spastic movement disorder: impaired reflex function and altered muscle mechanics.
In clinical practice, signs of exaggerated tendon tap reflexes associated with muscle hypertonia are generally thought to be responsible for spastic movement disorders. Most antispastic treatments are, therefore, directed at the reduction of reflex activity. In recent years, however, researchers have noticed a discrepancy between spasticity as measured in the clinic and functional spastic movem...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Neurology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1474-4422
DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(07)70193-x