TENS is harmful in primary writing tremor

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Meunier, S ^a   Bleton, J P ^b   Mazevet, D ^c   Sangla, S ^d   Grabli, D ^a,d,e   Roze, E ^a,d,e   Vidailhet, M ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Dystonia; TENS; TMS; Writer's cramp; Writing tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY WRITING TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; WRITER'S CRAMP;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 78650177698     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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