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Upper Limb Function but Not Proprioception is Impaired in Essential Tremor: A Between-Groups Study and Causal Mediation Analysis Cover

Upper Limb Function but Not Proprioception is Impaired in Essential Tremor: A Between-Groups Study and Causal Mediation Analysis

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 13 (2023): Issue 1
By: Annie A. Butler,  Joanna Diong,  Kajsa Lidman,  Johanna Adler,  Daniel L. Wardman,  Simon C. Gandevia and  Martin E. Héroux  
Open Access
|Jan 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.731 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 24, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 19, 2022
Published on: Jan 3, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
essential tremor,
proprioception,
function,
causal mediation,
upper limb

© 2023 Annie A. Butler, Joanna Diong, Kajsa Lidman, Johanna Adler, Daniel L. Wardman, Simon C. Gandevia, Martin E. Héroux, published by Ubiquity Press
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