Abstract
During recording of physiological postural hand tremor over a period of 60 min tremor peak frequency (PF) did not change in 14 normal subjects as long as the mechanical conditions were not changed. In contrast, tremor amplitude and synchronization of the corresponding EMG varied considerably. Any alteration in hand mechanics such as changing hand position or adding masses led to changes of PF according to the alteration in mechanical resonant properties. The results show that PF of physiological postural hand tremor is mainly determined by mechanical factors. There is no evidence for a systematic decrease of PF (Stiles et al. 1976) or for the emergence of a formerly described (Lippold 1981) 4–6 Hz tremor component with prolonged maintenance of posture. In the pathological tremor forms of Parkinson's disease or essential tremor PF also remained unchanged during prolonged maintenance of posture.
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