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Muscle Tonus

Known as: Muscle tone, Muscle Tension, Muscle Tightness 
The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, that is, its active resistance to stretch. In skeletal… 
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Muscle function

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Direction-specific postural instability in subjects with Parkinson's disease
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Computerized Arm Training Improves the Motor Control of the Severely Affected Arm After Stroke: A Single-Blinded Randomized Trial in Two Centers
Background and Purpose— To compare a computerized arm trainer (AT), allowing repetitive practice of passive and active bilateral… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Activity of Serotonergic Neurons in Behaving Animals
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Antiepileptogenic effects of the novel anticonvulsant levetiracetam (ucb L059) in the kindling model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
We have previously shown that the novel anticonvulsant levetiracetam exerts potent anticonvulsant activity against both focal and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Isokinetic strength training of the hemiparetic knee: effects on function and spasticity.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Pathophysiological mechanisms involved in genesis and spread of muscular tension in occupational muscle pain and in chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes: a hypothesis.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A substance P antagonist inhibits vagally induced increase in vascular permeability and bronchial smooth muscle contraction in the guinea pig.
Electrical stimulation of the cervical vagus nerve in anesthetized guinea pigs induced a rapid increase in respiratory… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Stress fractures: Current concepts
Abstract1. Stress fractures result from muscular activity on bones rather than from direct impact upon them. 2. The fatigue… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Effect of eccentric and concentric muscle conditioning on tension and electrical activity of human muscle.
The effects of seven weeks of eccentric or concentric muscle conditioning on muscle tension and. integrated electrical activity… 
Review
1965
Review
1965
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MAMMALIAN TENDON
1. Tendons are a specialized form of connective tissue uniting muscle and bone and as such have functions essential to normal… 
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