Visuomotor performance in patients with essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 988-993

  Schwartz, Miguel ^a   Badarny, Samich ^b   Gofman, Svetlana ^a   Hocherman, Shraga ^c  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYE TRACKING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL TRACTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032752940     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199911)14:6<988::AID-MDS1012>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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