The reorganization of tremulous movements in the upper limb due to finger tracking maneuvers

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-201

  Hwang, Ing Shiou ^a   Wu, Pei Shan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Shu Zen College of Medicine and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Action tremor; Coherence; Position tracking; Posture tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIMB TREMOR; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREMOR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33748454626     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0262-1     Document Type: Article

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