Quantitative study of action tremor in various patient categories.
An electronic method is proposed for quantifying the action tremor revealed by a threefold test of skill, which distinguishes young adult controls from elderly normals and patients with tremor. Parkinsonian patients can be differentiated from patients with essential tremor. The value of drugs against tremor is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014202:Tremor / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology