MOVEMENT DEFICITS CAUSED BY HYPEREXCITABLE STRETCH REFLEXES IN SPASTIC HUMANS
MOVEMENT DEFICITS CAUSED BY HYPEREXCITABLE STRETCH REFLEXES IN SPASTIC HUMANS
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/109.5.1043
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发表时间:
1986-10-01
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影响因子:
14.5
通讯作者:
AGARWAL, GC
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作者:
CORCOS, DM;GOTTLIEB, GL;AGARWAL, GC
SUMMARYSpastic patients were instructed to make accurate, rapid ankle dorsiflexion and plantarflexion movements over different distances to a target. Ankle position and surface electromyograms (EMGs) from tibialis anterior (TA) and soleus (SOL) muscles were recorded. In 3 of 8 spastic patients tested, dorsiflexion evoked velocity-dependent activation of the antagonist (SOL) muscle which impeded the movement to the extent that the limb unintentionally reversed movement direction. We propose that this activation is reflex in origin since it (1) is tightly synchronized, (2) has a large peak amplitude, (3) occurs about 50 ms after the initiation of the movement, and (4) is velocity dependentOne of the 3 patients who had reflex-induced antagonist activation in dorsiflexion also demonstrated sustained clonus during plantarflexion. This usually occurred only if the target had been overshot so that the return of the limb stretched the soleus muscle and triggered clonus We conclude that in some patients, hyperactive stretch reflexes cause movement deficits.