Research Article

Is MS Intention Tremor Amplitude Related to Changed Peripheral Reflexes?

Table 2

Mean (and standard deviation) latency, peak amplitude, and peak-to-peak amplitude of biceps, triceps, and brachioradialis reflexes for all groups.

BicepsTricepsBrachioradialis
Mean ± SDMean ± SDMean ± SD

Latency (ms)
 Controls14.22 ± 1.4311.38 ± 2.2417.05 ± 1.26
 MS-no-tremor15.67 ± 1.5712.65 ± 2.1817.39 ± 1.79
 MS-tremor16.98 ± 2.1813.1 ± 2.2218.69 ± 2.38
Peak amplitude (mV)
 Controls0.47 ± 0.350.24 ± 0.150.46 ± 0.36
 MS-no-tremor0.73 ± 0.570.24 ± 0.160.66 ± 0.64
 MS-tremor0.43 ± 0.430.24 ± 0.190.50 ± 0.45
Peak-to-peak amplitude (mV)
 Controls0.87 ± 0.60.48 ± 0.270.78 ± 0.62
 MS-no-tremor1.19 ± 0.840.49 ± 0.281.01 ± 0.98
 MS-tremor0.76 ± 0.740.48 ± 0.330.85 ± 0.81