Shoulder, elbow and wrist components of physiologic tremor amplitude as measured using a laser penlight

European Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 152-154

  Davis, Bradley J ^a,b   O'Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Montana Epilepsy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Physiologic tremor; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TREMOR; WRIST;

EID: 0034037341     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008155     Document Type: Article

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