Journal article
A study of the muscle twitch in the Duchenne type muscular dystrophy
Abstract
1.(1) An investigation has been made of the twitch responses of interosseus muscles in patients with Duchenne dystrophy.2.(2) In all but one of the 12 patients examined the contraction and relaxation phases were slower than those of control subjects. Possible explanations for this observation have been considered.
Authors
McComas AJ; Thomas HC
Journal
Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 309–312
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 1968
DOI
10.1016/0022-510x(68)90151-2
ISSN
0022-510X