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1469459

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
Reciprocal inhibition between forearm extensor and flexor muscles was tested by means of an H-reflex technique in patients with spasmodic torticollis and normal controls. In both, patients and controls three different phases of reciprocal inhibition could be demonstrated with maximal inhibition at conditioning test intervals of 0 ms, 15 ms and 100 ms, respectively. However, the quantitative amount of this inhibition was different for the patients and the controls. Significantly less inhibition was found for the second and the third phase of reciprocal inhibition in the patient group. Discriminant analysis showed a clear separation between normal subjects and patients if the amount of reciprocal inhibition of the second and third phase were taken into account. We were not able to detect any side differences neither for the patients nor for the controls. The findings demonstrate a functional disturbance of motor control mechanisms of a clinically unaffected extremity in spasmodic torticollis. This is believed to reflect a bilateral disturbance most likely within the basal ganglia or their outflow. Therefore, our data support the idea, that spasmodic torticollis is associated with or even due to a generalized rather than a focal disturbance of motor control mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Reciprocal inhibition of forearm flexor muscles in spasmodic torticollis.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurologische Klinik, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't