Cross-spectral analysis of physiological tremor and muscle activity: II Application to synchronized electromyogram

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 359-368

  Timmer, J ^a   Lauk, M ^a,b   Pfleger, W ^a   Deuschl, G ^c  

^a Zentrum Datenanalyse/Modellbildung   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TREMOR;

BIOMECHANICS; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HAND; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFLEX; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TREMOR;

EID: 0032059774     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050440     Document Type: Article

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