Enhancement of parkinsonian rigidity with contralateral hand activation.

Abstract

These data support the use of a contralateral activation maneuver as a tool in the diagnosis of PD.

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Subjects

• Aged
• Analysis of Variance
• Antiparkinson Agents
• Disability Evaluation
• Electromyography
• Female
• Functional Laterality
• Hand
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Movement
• Muscle Rigidity
• Parkinson Disease
• Severity of Illness Index
• Wrist Joint

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Authors

• Douglas Powell
• Nicholas Hanson
• A Joseph Threlkeld
• Xiang Fang
• Ruiping Xia

Publication date

2011-07-12

Journal

Journal topics

• Neurophysiology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Rehabilitation Science Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. douglaspowell [at] creighton.edu

Release reference

Clin Neurophysiol. 2011 Aug;122(8):1595-601

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