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Interaction between eye and hand movements in multiple sclerosis patients with intention tremor
Author(s) -
Feys Peter,
Helsen Werner F.,
Liu Xuguang,
Nuttin Bart,
Lavrysen Ann,
Swinnen Stephan P.,
Ketelaer Pierre
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20382
Subject(s) - eye movement , saccadic masking , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , multiple sclerosis , smooth pursuit , eye–hand coordination , saccade , eye tracking , saccadic eye movement , wrist , electrooculography , saccadic suppression of image displacement , audiology , neuroscience , medicine , artificial intelligence , anatomy , computer science , psychiatry
Deficient eye and hand movements are present in patients with multiple sclerosis. In the present study, eye and hand movements were simultaneously measured during visually guided wrist step‐tracking tasks in 16 patients with intention tremor and 15 healthy controls. The coupling between eye and hand movements was analyzed during simultaneous eye–hand tracking, and interactions were studied by comparing the coordinated eye–hand condition with isolated eye‐ or hand‐tracking conditions. Despite movement abnormalities, the onset of eye and hand movements was highly correlated and an invariant coupling between the saccadic completion time and hand peak velocity was found, suggesting that the temporal coupling was very much preserved. The differences between the experimental tracking conditions suggest that, in MS patients with intention tremor, the ocular system influenced the hand movements. Intention tremor amplitude was reduced when there was no preceding saccadic eye movement, whereas conversely, eye movements were not affected by different hand tremor severity. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society