Classification and Definition of Disorders Causing Hypertonia in Childhood

D. Sanger, Terence; R. Delgado, Mauricio; Gaebler‐Spira, Deborah; Hallett, Mark; W. Mink, Jonathan; Force on Childhood Motor Disorders, Task

doi:10.1542/peds.111.1.e89

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Classification and Definition of Disorders Causing Hypertonia in Childhood

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jan 1, 2003

Authors:

Terence D. Sanger

Mauricio R. Delgado

Deborah Gaebler‐Spira

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This report describes the consensus outcome of an interdisciplinary workshop that was held at the National Institutes of Health in April 2001. The purpose of the workshop and this article are to define the terms "spasticity," "dystonia," and "rigidity" as they are used to describe clinica...

Subject

Hypertonia

Spasticity

Medicine

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