Reciprocal inhibition in forearm muscles in patients with essential tremor

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 796-799

  Mercuri, B ^b   Berardelli, A ^a   Modugno, N ^b   Vacca, L ^b   Ruggieri, S ^b   Manfredi, M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Reciprocal inhibition; Spinal excitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FOREARM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031839303     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199806)21:6<796::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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