Ambulatory accelerometry to quantify involuntary movements and tics in the syndrome of Gilles de la Tourette

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-363

  Tulen, Joke H M ^a   Groeneveld, Wim H ^b   Romers, Judith H G J K ^b   De Vries, Sander J A ^b   Van De Wetering, Ben J M ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TIC;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0035433484     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195389     Document Type: Article

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