Impairment of gradual muscle adjustment during wrist circumduction in Parkinson's disease.

Purposeful movements are attained by gradually adjusted activity of opposite muscles, or synergists. This requires a motor system that adequately modulates initiation and inhibition of movement and selectively activates the appropriate muscles. In patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) initiati...

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Main Authors: Carolien M Toxopeus, Bauke M de Jong, Gopal Valsan, Bernard A Conway, Johannes H van der Hoeven, Klaus L Leenders, Natasha M Maurits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3166324?pdf=render