Hand preshaping in Parkinson’s disease: effects of visual feedback and medication state
✍ Scribed by Luis F. Schettino; Sergei V. Adamovich; Wayne Hening; Eugene Tunik; Jacob Sage; Howard Poizner
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 488 KB
- Volume
- 168
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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