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Finger tremor and cigarette smoking.
Author(s) -
Lippold OC,
Williams EJ,
Wilson CG
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1980.tb00505.x
Subject(s) - amplitude , medicine , cigarette smoking , strain gauge , accelerometer , audiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , materials science , physics , composite material , optics , quantum mechanics
1 Finger tremor was recorded with a strain gauge and an accelerometer. 2 Records were subjected to frequency analysis and the amplitude or power at frequencies up to 25 Hz were computed. 3 Comparison was made between the tremor during a control period, during sham smoking and during smoking a cigarette. 4 Smoking significantly increases tremor amplitude by at least twofold over all frequencies from 1 Hz to 25 Hz.