Unsteady gaze fixation enhances the severity of MS intention tremor

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-113

  Feys, P ^a,b,c,e   Helsen, W ^a   Nuttin, B ^a   Lavrysen, A ^a   Ketelaer, P ^c   Swinnen, S ^a   Liu, X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PHL University College   (Belgium)

^c National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Perception and Performance Laboratory ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTION TREMOR; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TREMOR; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 37849034547     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000287071.51180.b1     Document Type: Article

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