Intention tremor rated according to different finger-to-nose test protocols: A survey

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Feys, Peter G ^a,b   Davies Smith, Angela ^c   Jones, Rosemary ^c   Romberg, Anders ^d   Ruutiainen, Juhani ^d   Helsen, Werner F ^b   Ketelaer, Pierre ^a  

^a National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intention tremor; Multiple sclerosis, Rehabilitation; Tremors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOSE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; TREMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0037230068     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50068     Document Type: Article

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