Quantitative evaluation of mirror movements in adults with focal brain lesions

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 964-975

  Uttner, Ingo ^a   Mai, N ^b   Esslinger, O ^b   Danek, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Brain lesion; Mirror movements; Motor functions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 29244457823     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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