Parkinson's disease patients undershoot target size in handwriting and similar tasks

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1502-1508

  Van Gemmert, A W A ^a   Adler, C H ^b   Stelmach, G E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FORCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242441470     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.11.1502     Document Type: Article

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