Assessment of the amplitude of oscillations associated with high-frequency components of physiological tremor: Impact of loading and signal differentiation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-266

  Duval, Christian ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

High frequency; Loading; Power spectrum; Signal differentiation; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LASER; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 20944432770     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2233-x     Document Type: Article

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