Using frequency domain characteristics to discriminate physiologic and parkinsonian tremors

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 484-494

  Beuter, Anne ^a   Edwards, Roderick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Power spectrum; Quantitative characteristics; Time series; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LASER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; TIME FACTORS; TREMOR;

EID: 0032703012     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199909000-00010     Document Type: Article

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