Acceleration deficit in patients with cerebellar lesions. A study of kinematic and EMG-parameters in fast wrist movements

Brain Research

Volumn 713, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 186-191

  Wild, Barbara ^a   Klockgether, Thomas ^a   Dichgans, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

arm movement; ataxia; cerebellum; force control; human motor control; movement disorder; movement speed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

EID: 0030007892     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01514-0     Document Type: Article

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