Demystifying Spasticity: Reply to Dietz

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D J Bennett. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Feb.

. 2008 Feb;99(2):1041-1043.

doi: 10.1152/jn.01279.2007.

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Spastic movement disorder: impaired reflex function and altered muscle mechanics.
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