Kinematic analysis of handwriting movements in patients with Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, depression and healthy subjects

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 132-142

  Schröter, Andreas ^a,b   Mergl, R ^a   Burger K ^a   Hampel, H ^a   Moller H J ^a   Hegerl, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Psychiatrischen Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Automation; Depression; Digitizing graphic tablet; Kinematic handwriting analysis; Mild cognitive impairment; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037273770     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068484     Document Type: Article

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