Impairments of prehension kinematics and grasping forces in patients with cerebellar degeneration and the relationship to cerebellar atrophy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2528-2537

  Brandauer, B ^a,b   Hermsdorfer J ^b   Beck, A ^c   Aurich, V ^c   Gizewski, E R ^a   Marquardt, C ^b   Timmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellar degeneration; MR volumetry; Prehension; Reach to grasp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54149096285     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.07.280     Document Type: Article

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