Coordination of multi-joint arm movements in cerebellar ataxia: Analysis of hand and angular kinematics

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-492

  Topka, Helge ^a   Konczak, Jürgen ^a   Dichgans, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Human; Kinematics; Limb movement; Multijoint movement

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DECELERATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0031922495     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050364     Document Type: Article

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