| Abstract | The authors discuss the character of lithium-induced tremor. Three various measuring methods are presented: an accelerometer, a hole-plate and an apparatus based on aimed tapping. A fourth apparatus is proposed. The first three methods were applied on 16 patients who received lithium therapy and on a control group consisting of 22 normal persons. The results were statistically evaluated. For registering the postural component of lithium-induced tremor, the first two methods proved themselves worthy of recommendation in quotidian practice. Frequency and amplitude of lithium-induced tremor till the ninth day of drug administration are discussed - and constitute only one aspect of a bigger, still going on, study. |
| Authors | L Floru, J Tegeler, H Wilmsen |
| Journal | International pharmacopsychiatry
(Int Pharmacopsychiatry)
Vol. 10
Issue 2
Pg. 100-10
( 1975)
ISSN: 0020-8272 SWITZERLAND |
| Vernacular Title | Untersuchungen des lithiumbedingten Tremors mit verschiedenen Messmethoden |
| PMID | 1140906
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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| Chemical References |
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Humans
- Lithium
(adverse effects)
- Methods
- Middle Aged
- Motor Skills
- Tremor
(chemically induced, physiopathology)
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