Resistance training improves hand and finger dexterity in essential tremor patients: A preliminary study

Justin J. Kavanagh; Graeme Sequeira; Justin W L Keogh

Resistance training improves hand and finger dexterity in essential tremor patients: A preliminary study

Justin J. Kavanagh, Graeme Sequeira, Justin W L Keogh

Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine

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Abstract

Essential tremor (ET) is a common progressive neurological disorder among older adults. ET can cause considerable disability in many activities of daily living that require the dexterous use of the hands and fingers. Given that pharmacological and surgical nterventions that are used to reduce the tremor-?related disability in ET can have adverse reactions and lose effectiveness over time, alternative therapies should be investigated. Resistance training (RT), by virtueof its ability to produce neural adaptations would appear such a candidate.

Original language	English
Pages	398-398
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	XIXth Congress of International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 19 Jul 2012 → 21 Jul 2012

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Conference	XIXth Congress of International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	19/07/12 → 21/07/12

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2012. 398-398 Abstract from XIXth Congress of International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology , Brisbane, Australia.

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