Frequency peaks of tremor, muscle vibration and electromyographic activity at 10 Hz, 20 Hz and 40 Hz during human finger muscle contraction may reflect rhythmicities of central neural firing

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-541

  McAuley, J H ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Frequency analysis; Human; Muscle vibration; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TREMOR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; TREMOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030971041     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005662     Document Type: Article

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