Bilateral organization of physiological tremor in the upper limb

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 564-574

  Morrison, Steven ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Compensatory synergy; Physiological tremor; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELBOW; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINT; TREMOR; WRIST;

EID: 0032844274     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050635     Document Type: Article

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