Tracking performance with sinusoidal and irregular targets under different conditions of peripheral feedback

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-446

  Cathers, I ^a   O'Dwyer, N ^a   Neilson, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Motor control; Reflex; Stretch reflexes; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECEPTOR;

EID: 0029838798     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228733     Document Type: Article

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