Muscles, masses and motion : the physiology of normality, hypotonicity, spasticity and rigidity
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Muscles, masses and motion : the physiology of normality, hypotonicity, spasticity and rigidity
（Clinics in developmental medicine, no. 125）
Mac Keith Press, 1992
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: us ISBN 9780521432290
Description
This book reviews current understanding of normal muscle tone and how it differs in spastic, thixotropic and hypotonic patients. The book contains practical advice on measuring the postural system and will be of interest to pediatricians and also to physiologists involved in investigating muscle tone.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Concepts, clinical methods and contractions
- 2. Historical and elementary methods of measuring muscle tone
- 3. Displacement as the independent variable
- 4. Torque as the independent variable
- 5. Feedback-induced changes
- 6. Measurements of stiffness and inertia in absolute units
- 7. Thixotropy: a time-dependent stiffness
- 8. Hypotonia
- 9. The use of abruptly alternating torques to investigate the postural system
- 10. Hypotonia: rigidity, spasticity and other conditions
- 11. Whole body vibrations and integrative aspects
- 12. Glossary of biomechanical terms
- References
- Index.
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: uk ISBN 9780901260970
Description
This book deals with problems of muscle tone in health and disease. In addition to observations on healthy muscle tone, information is presented about the changes in the muscles in conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, stroke, spinal injury and cerebral palsy. The book summarizes investigations spanning a quarter of a century, in which the author and colleagues in clinical medicine have developed new methods of muscle tone assessment. Applicable to neurology, physiology, orthopaedics and rheumatology, this book discusses thixotropy, and looks at the problem of tension in muscles.
Table of Contents
- Concepts
- clinical methods and contractions
- historical and elementary methods of measuring muscle tone
- displacement as the independent variable
- torque as the independent variable
- feedback-induced changes
- measurements of stiffness and inertia in absolute units
- thixotropy - a time-dependent stiffness
- hypotomia
- the use of abruptly alternating torques to investigate the postural system
- hypertomia - rigidity, spasticity and other conditions.
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