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  • Title: [The dependence of rapid voluntary contractions on the tremor phase in parkinsonism].
    Author: Staude G, Wolf W, Wierzbicka MM, Oertel W, Dengler R.
    Journal: EEG EMG Z Elektroenzephalogr Elektromyogr Verwandte Geb; 1992 Jun; 23(2):108-13. PubMed ID: 1505436.
    Abstract:
    Parkinsonian patients sometimes have problems to produce really fast motor responses. Often, these are significantly delayed in comparison to those of normal controls. In patients with tremor-at-rest, this delay might be induced by some attraction of the movement execution to the tremor oscillator, according to a hypothesis of Hallet et al. (1977). This study now examined the phase relationship between the on-going tremor and the onset of fast voluntary contractions in Parkinson's disease (PD), quantitatively. Five patients with prominent tremor-at-rest performed rapid isometric index finger abductions under self paced (SP) and reaction time (RT) conditions, and force and surface EMG signals from the FDI muscle were analyzed. In both conditions the SP and the RT, data showed that the onset of the contraction mostly occurs during the descending phase of the tremor oscillation and, accordingly, the phasic EMG burst synchronously with the tremor bursts confirming the above mentioned hypothesis.
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