Effects of aging on the regularity of physiological tremor

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3064-3074

  Sturman, Molly M ^a   Vaillancourt, David E ^a   Corcos, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REST; SPECTROSCOPY; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 19344362865     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01218.2004     Document Type: Article

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