Quantification of manual force control and tremor

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-210

  Spirduso, Waneen W ^a   Francis, Karen ^b   Eakin, Tim ^a   Stanford, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Coordination; Force; Manual dexterity; Parkinson's disease; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THUMB; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; TREMOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 18244375013     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.37.3.197-210     Document Type: Article

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