Cerebral Palsy maybe/maybe not

Then, do it again, but this time hang a cinder-block from your arm (use something that doesn’t cut in). Yeah, the signature will look a mess, but what did your face and tongue do? Did you know your face could unknowingly look that way? On the brain surface the thumb and forefinger are aside the mouth & tongue area. Nice for sign language. Fun for writing with cinder blocks. OCCASIONAL patients will use forced mouth movement to open & close the hand to grasp things.

So? The way to distinguish is to play with motion to see if speed induces the premature muscle action or is rather caused by reaction to high resistance regardless of speed. Big difference.

Take a break … while we rest Cheap & easy emg? Back in the early 1980s we got our hands on guitar

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