Research Article

Differential Diagnosis of Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor, and Enhanced Physiological Tremor with the Tremor Analysis of EMG

Table 1

Tremor frequency, latency, concentration effect, and synchronous EMG of Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and enhanced physiological tremor.

Resting (Hz)Posture (Hz)Loaded
500 g (Hz)
Loaded 
1000 g (Hz)
LatencyConcentration effectSynchronous EMG

ET ()5.38 ± 1.237.32 ± 2.636.46 ± 2.046.31 ± 1.360%0%80%
PD ()4.52 ± 0.434.94 ± 0.665.17 ± 0.624.71 ± 0.9680%100%20%
EPT ()8.48 ± 4.4112.6 ± 4.527.47 ± 2.819.3 ± 1.260%0%85%

At rest, PD versus EPT ; postural ET and PD versus EPT ; ET and PD versus EPT when loading 1000 g; PD versus ET; EPT with mental activity and latency; PD versus EPT with synchronous EMG.