Age-related changes in the frequency profile of children's finger tremor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Deutsch, Katherine M ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's tremor; Frequency profile; Postural tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TREMOR; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ENTROPY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; POSTURE; TREMOR;

EID: 33745926233     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.05.047     Document Type: Article

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