Associated EMG responses to voluntary hand movement in probable Alzheimer's disease

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-199

  Ortiz, T ^a,b   Fernandez A ^a   Martinez, E ^a   Perez Serrano J M ^a   Gomez Utrero E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Psicobiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2642706658     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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