Research Article

Dynamic Variability of Isometric Action Tremor in Precision Pinching

Table 3

Means and standard deviations of tremor variables stratified by task region with respect to cue marker objective.

Groupinga Thumb powercIndex Finger powercConcordance phase

PD departing39661 (100)30 (14)137 (21)
PD cruising39669 (81)27 (6)136 (18)
PD approaching396345 (437)*76 (52)127 (20)*

OA departing39822 (3)21 (1)157 (11)
OA cruising39821 (1)21 (1)157 (11)
OA approaching39823 (4)22 (3)150 (12)*

PD: Parkinson's disease participants.
OA: older well adults.
*Significant.
aBased on task segment region with respect to cue marker objective.
bTotal number of application and release task segments in the grouping.
cPower units are in mN2/sampling.