Postmovement changes in the frequency and amplitude of physiological tremor despite unchanged neural output

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2020-2023

  Reynolds, Raymond ^a   Lakie, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THIXOTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; TREMOR; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957832067     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00513.2010     Document Type: Article

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