Muscle activation characteristics associated with differences in physiological tremor amplitude between the dominant and non-dominant hand

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Bilodeau, Martin ^a,b   Bisson, Étienne ^a   DeGrâce, Danie ^b   Després, Isabelle ^b   Johnson, Melissa ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Electromyography (EMG); Hand dominance; Physiological tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749090941     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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