Abstract
We studied the H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex bilaterally in the upper limb of 5 patients with generalized dystonia, 5 patients with blepharospasm, 10 patients with spasmodic torticollis, and 14 patients with writer’s cramp. We compared the results with those obtained from a group of healthy volunteers. The recovery curve of the H-reflex was normal in patients with writer’s cramp or blepharospasm, but showed an increase of the physiologic recovery at a 200 msec delay in patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia. Reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex showed a decrease in the amount of inhibition in all the patient groups and a facilitation of the H-reflex during the 3rd period of inhibition in the patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 824-828 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Neurology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
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H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of H-reflex in different kinds of dystonia. / Panizza, Marcela; Lelli, Stefania; Nilsson, Jan; Hallett, Mark.
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T1 - H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of H-reflex in different kinds of dystonia
AU - Panizza, Marcela
AU - Lelli, Stefania
AU - Nilsson, Jan
AU - Hallett, Mark
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - We studied the H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex bilaterally in the upper limb of 5 patients with generalized dystonia, 5 patients with blepharospasm, 10 patients with spasmodic torticollis, and 14 patients with writer’s cramp. We compared the results with those obtained from a group of healthy volunteers. The recovery curve of the H-reflex was normal in patients with writer’s cramp or blepharospasm, but showed an increase of the physiologic recovery at a 200 msec delay in patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia. Reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex showed a decrease in the amount of inhibition in all the patient groups and a facilitation of the H-reflex during the 3rd period of inhibition in the patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia.
AB - We studied the H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex bilaterally in the upper limb of 5 patients with generalized dystonia, 5 patients with blepharospasm, 10 patients with spasmodic torticollis, and 14 patients with writer’s cramp. We compared the results with those obtained from a group of healthy volunteers. The recovery curve of the H-reflex was normal in patients with writer’s cramp or blepharospasm, but showed an increase of the physiologic recovery at a 200 msec delay in patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia. Reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex showed a decrease in the amount of inhibition in all the patient groups and a facilitation of the H-reflex during the 3rd period of inhibition in the patients with spasmodic torticollis or generalized dystonia.
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