Electrophysiologic transition from physiologic tremor to essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1038-1042

  Elble, Rodger J ^a   Higgins, Connie ^a   Elble, Suzanne ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Electromyography; Essential tremor; Physiologic tremor; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 26444598597     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20487     Document Type: Article

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