[Studies of lithium-induced tremor by means of different measurement methods].
The authors discuss the character of lithium-induced tremor. Three various measuring methods are presented: an accelerometer, a hole-plate and an apparatus based on aimed tapping. A fourth apparatus is proposed. The first three methods were applied on 16 patients who received lithium therapy and on a control group consisting of 22 normal persons. The results were statistically evaluated. For registering the postural component of lithium-induced tremor, the first two methods proved themselves worthy of recommendation in quotidian practice. Frequency and amplitude of lithium-induced tremor till the ninth day of drug administration are discussed - and constitute only one aspect of a bigger, still going on, study.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology
D008094:Lithium
Untersuchungen des lithiumbedingten Tremors mit verschiedenen Messmethoden