FPL tendon thickness, tremor and hand functions in Parkinson’s disease

Toktas Hasan; Dundar Umit; Kusbeci Özge Yilmaz; Ulasli Alper Murat; Toy Ozgur; Oruc Serdar

doi:10.1515/med-2016-0004

Open Medicine (Jan 2016)

FPL tendon thickness, tremor and hand functions in Parkinson’s disease

Toktas Hasan,
Dundar Umit,
Kusbeci Özge Yilmaz,
Ulasli Alper Murat,
Toy Ozgur,
Oruc Serdar

Affiliations

Toktas Hasan: Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Dundar Umit: Afyon Kocatepe, University Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Kusbeci Özge Yilmaz: Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Ulasli Alper Murat: Afyon Kocatepe, University Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Toy Ozgur: Afyon Kocatepe, University Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Oruc Serdar: Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 16 – 20

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In Parkinson’s disease (PD), a resting tremor of the thumb may affect the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) and influence hand functions. We investigated the relationship between FPL tendon thickness and hand function in PD patients and compared these characteristics with those in healthy controls.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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