Acute effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-194

  Munhoz, Renato P ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Ashby, Peter ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Myoclonic dystonia; Neuropathic tremor; TENS; WHIGET rating scale

Indexed keywords

PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037295366     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10311     Document Type: Review

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