Tripod pinch strength and thumb opposition are the major determinants of manual dexterity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 828-833

  Videler, Annemieke J ^a   Beelen, Anita ^a   Van Schaik, Ivo N ^a   Verhamme, Camiel ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^b   De Visser, Marianne ^a   Nollet, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXTERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HAND STRENGTH; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NORMAL VALUE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOLLERMAN HAND FUNCTION TEST; THUMB; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE; ADOLESCENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FINGER; HAND JOINT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND JOINTS; HAND STRENGTH; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND MOTOR NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PINCH STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955718402     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.187302     Document Type: Article

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