The effects of weight load and joint immobilization on reorganization of postural tremor

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-77

  Hwang, Ing Shiou ^a   Huang, C C ^b   Su, J H ^a   Huang, C T ^a   Wang, C H ^c   Young, M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Joint immobilization; Physiological tremor; Weight load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INDEX FINGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; SPLINT; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPLINTS; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33744802337     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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