Friction, not texture, dictates grip forces used during object manipulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1963-1969

  Cadoret, Geneviève ^a   Smith, Allan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FRICTION; GRAVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0029890604     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1963     Document Type: Article

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