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

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

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