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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Muscle Rigidity"”.
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Impact of speech amplification devices on quality of life in persons living with Parkinson's disease and hypophonia : a quality improvement project
… develop in PD, tremor, speech difficulties, and muscle rigidity are the most common (World Health Organization, 2023). The pathophysiology of PD is not well understood and there is no cure. However, quality of life is immensely impacted. Collectively, the speech disorder of PD is known as …
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Identification of dopamine neuron progenitors in the embryonic midbrain and stem cell cultures - Studies on the role of neuronal subtype and differentiation state for cell replacemen in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease
… and result in symptoms such as resting tremors, muscle rigidity, slowness and difficulties in initiating movements.Currently there is no cure for PD and the available drug treatments only offer symptomatic relief and are often associated with severe side effects. Thus, there is an obvious need …
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A Data-Driven Approach for Deriving Parkinson’s Disease Subtypes and Related Trajectories of Cognitive and Motor Function
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological illness that involves a variety of motor and non-motor features, with remarkable heterogeneity in clinical presentation and symptom progression. Previous studies have attempted to identify PD subtypes to better understand the clinical …
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A phenomenological study of partners of people with Parkinson's disease who demonstrate communication changes
… tremor, bradykinesia or slowness of movement, muscle rigidity and postural instability (Jahanshahi & Marsden, 1998, p.3) the patient may face an extended number of years experiencing all, or any combination of, the many other manifestations of the disease process. These manifestations include …
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Functions of GluN2D-containing NMDA receptors in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta
… by inhibited motor control, including muscle rigidity and tremor. Excitatory input to SNc-DA neurons is primarily from the subthalamic nucleus, and in PD these afferents display a higher frequency firing, as well as increased burst firing, which could cause increased excitatory activity …
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The relative effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitated stretching immediately after eccentric exercise vs proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitated stretching post delayed onset muscle soreness in healthy, sedentary male subjects
Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of requirements for a Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2007.