Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/Flexion

Flexion

Bent or curved posture

The following references are relevant:-

Hong and Earhart (2010) Effects of Medication on Turning Deficits in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease ^[1]

Mak et al (2011) Limb Collapse, Rather Than Instability, Causes Failure in Sit-to-Stand Performance Among Patients With Parkinson Disease ^[2]

Xia et al (2011) Differentiation between the contributions of shortening reaction and stretch-induced inhibition to rigidity in Parkinson’s disease ^[3]

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References

↑ Hong, Minna and Earhart, Gammon M. (2010) Full Text J. Neurol. Phys. Ther. 34 (1) 11 – 16 Effects of Medication on Turning Deficits in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886796/
↑ Mak, Margaret K.Y.: Yang, Feng and Pai, Yi-Chung (2011) Full Text Phys. Ther. 91 (3) 381 – 391 Limb Collapse, Rather Than Instability, Causes Failure in Sit-to-Stand Performance Among Patients With Parkinson Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048819/
↑ Xia, Ruiping; Powell, Douglas; Rymer, W. Zev.; Hanson, Nicholas;Fang, Xiang and Threlkeld, A. Joseph (2011) Full Text Exp. Brain Res. 209 (4) 609 – 618 Differentiation between the contributions of shortening reaction and stretch-induced inhibition to rigidity in Parkinson’s disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142787/

[1] Hong, Minna and Earhart, Gammon M. (2010) Full Text J. Neurol. Phys. Ther. 34 (1) 11 – 16 Effects of Medication on Turning Deficits in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886796/

[2] Mak, Margaret K.Y.: Yang, Feng and Pai, Yi-Chung (2011) Full Text Phys. Ther. 91 (3) 381 – 391 Limb Collapse, Rather Than Instability, Causes Failure in Sit-to-Stand Performance Among Patients With Parkinson Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048819/

[3] Xia, Ruiping; Powell, Douglas; Rymer, W. Zev.; Hanson, Nicholas;Fang, Xiang and Threlkeld, A. Joseph (2011) Full Text Exp. Brain Res. 209 (4) 609 – 618 Differentiation between the contributions of shortening reaction and stretch-induced inhibition to rigidity in Parkinson’s disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142787/

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