Determinants of tapping speed in normal control subjects and subjects with Parkinson's disease: Differing effects of brief and continued practice

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 843-849

  Tanaka, Masami ^a   Endo, Kotaro ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c  

^a Natl West Niigata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Normal control subjects; Parkinson's disease; Tapping speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033819540     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200009)15:5<843::AID-MDS1013>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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