Effect of stimulation in the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus on limb control in Parkinson's disease: A case study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-316

  Pfann, K D ^a   Penn, R D ^b   Shannon, K M ^b   Shapiro, M B ^c   Corcos, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor control; Parkinson's disease; Thalamotomy; Tremor; Ventral intermediate nucleus stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE STIMULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TORQUE; TREMOR;

ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0029970311     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870110315     Document Type: Article

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