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Potential of Individual Upper-Limb Muscles to Contribute to Postural Tremor: Simulations From Neural Drive to Joint Rotation Cover

Potential of Individual Upper-Limb Muscles to Contribute to Postural Tremor: Simulations From Neural Drive to Joint Rotation

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1
By: Spencer A. BakerORCID,  Landon J. BeutlerORCID,  Daniel B. FreeORCID,  Dario FarinaORCID and  Steven K. CharlesORCID  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.949 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 28, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2025
Published on: Feb 25, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Tremor,
propagation,
muscle,
tremorogenic,
model,
simulation

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