The resonant component of human physiological hand tremor is altered by slow voluntary movements

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2471-2483

  Lakie, Martin ^a   Vernooij, Carlijn A ^a   Osborne, Timothy M ^a   Reynolds, Raymond F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIXOTROPY; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860999650     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.226449     Document Type: Article

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