Statistical characteristics of finger-tapping data in Huntington's disease

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-346

  Antoniades, Chrystalina A ^a,b   Ober, Jan ^c   Hicks, Stephen ^a   Siuda, Gill ^d   Carpenter, R H S ^b   Kennard, Christopher ^a   Nemeth, Andrea H ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finger tapping; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

AGE-MATCHED CONTROLS; FINGER TAPPING; HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE; PERMIT MODIFICATIONS; RECORDING EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FINGER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84861452349     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0863-2     Document Type: Article

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