Effect of a low intensity magnetic field on human motor behavior

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 657-669

  Legros, Alexandre ^a,c   Beuter, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

ELF; Index finger; Kinetic tremor; Magnetic field; Postural tremor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMAN MOTOR; INDEX FINGER; KINETIC TREMOR; LOW-INTENSITY; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MICRO DISPLACEMENT; MOTOR BEHAVIOURS; POSTURAL TREMOR;

KINETICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LOCOMOTION; LOW INTENSITY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 27744492191     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20161     Document Type: Article

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