Transient improvement of writing tremor by holding breath in volition: A case report

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1055-1058

  Morita, Shuhei ^a   Miwa, Hideto ^b   Kondo, Tomoyoshi ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Sensory trick; Writer's cramp; Writing tremor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

AGED; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; TREMOR; WRITING;

EID: 0036962375     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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