Postural constraints modify the organization of grasping movements

Human Movement Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-102

  Bourdin, Christophe ^a   Teasdale, Normand ^b   Nougier, Vincent ^a   Bard, Chantal ^b   Fleury, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Dept Med Social Prev Div K   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasping movements; Kinematics; Kinetics; Postural constraints; Target size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004517560     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(98)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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