Tremor modulation in patients with Parkinson's disease compared to healthy counterparts during loaded postural holding

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hwang, Ing Shiou ^a   Lin, Chou Ching K ^b   Wu, Pei Shan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Mechanical load; Parkinson's disease; Postural tremor; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; WEIGHT BEARING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70350565469     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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