Differences in muscle strength in parkinsonian patients affected on the right and left side.

Muscular weakness is a frequent cause of instability that contributes to falls in Parkinson's disease (PD). Isokinetic dynamometry is a method of muscle assessment useful to measure the muscular strength giving a quantification of the weakness, but only few studies about isokinetic assessment w...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Frazzitta, Davide Ferrazzoli, Roberto Maestri, Roberta Rovescala, Gabriele Guaglio, Rossana Bera, Daniele Volpe, Gianni Pezzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4373899?pdf=render