Quantitative Analysis of Tremor in Minamata Disease

Abstract

Tohoku J. exp. Med. 1983, 141 (1), 13-22 - Applying the techniques of power spectrum and pulse correlation, we carried out a quantitative analysis of tremor in normal subjects, patients with methyl mercury poisoning (Minamata disease) and patients with other diseases. We found that tremor of methyl mercury poisoning was different from physiological tremor and the other pathological tremors in frequency and amplitude.- power spectrum; pulse correlation; physiological tremor; pathological tremor; Minamata disease. © 1983, Tohoku University Medical Press. All rights reserved.