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Hypertonia

Excessive muscle tone

The followng references are relevant:-

Wright et al (2007) Axial hypertonicity in Parkinson’s disease: Direct measurements of trunk and hip torque ^[1]

Goldenberg(2008) Medical Management of Parkinson’s 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

↑ Wright, W,G,; Gurfinkel, V.S.; Nutt, J.; Horak, F.B. and Cordo, P.J. (2007) Full Text Exp. Neurol. 208 (1) 38 – 46. Axial hypertonicity in Parkinson’s disease: Direct measurements of trunk and hip torque http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2144734/
↑ Goldenberg, Marvin M. (2008) Full Text P.T. 33 (10) 590 – 594, 599 – 606 Medical Management of Parkinson’s Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730785/
↑ Xia, Ruiping,; Powell, Douglas.; Rymer, W. Zev; Hanson, Nicholas;Fang, Xiang; and Threlkeld, A. Joseph (2011) Full TextExp. 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] Wright, W,G,; Gurfinkel, V.S.; Nutt, J.; Horak, F.B. and Cordo, P.J. (2007) Full Text Exp. Neurol. 208 (1) 38 – 46. Axial hypertonicity in Parkinson’s disease: Direct measurements of trunk and hip torque http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2144734/

[2] Goldenberg, Marvin M. (2008) Full Text P.T. 33 (10) 590 – 594, 599 – 606 Medical Management of Parkinson’s Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730785/

[3] Xia, Ruiping,; Powell, Douglas.; Rymer, W. Zev; Hanson, Nicholas;Fang, Xiang; and Threlkeld, A. Joseph (2011) Full TextExp. 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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