Factors influencing the force control during precision grip

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 277-284

  Westling, G ^a   Johansson, R S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Human hand; Motor control; Precision grip; Sensory input

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; EXERTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021348066     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00238156     Document Type: Article

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