19th-century American contributions to the recording of tremors

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 720-729

  Lanska, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

19th century; History of medicine; Medical instruments; Neurology; Parkinson's disease; Technology; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033926821     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200007)15:4<720::AID-MDS1019>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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