Validity of the finger tapping test in Parkinson's disease, elderly and young healthy subjects: Is there a role for central fatigue?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2034-2041

  Arias, Pablo ^a   Robles García, Verónica ^a   Espinosa, Nelson ^a   Corral, Yoanna ^a   Cudeiro, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finger tapping; Parkinson; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84865770983     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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