Control of single-joint movements in deafferented patients: Evidence for amplitude coding rather than position control

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-482

  Nougier, V ^a   Bard, C ^b   Fleury, M ^b   Teasdale, N ^b   Cole, J ^c   Forget, R ^e   Paillard, J ^d   Lamarre, Y ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude coding; Deafferented human; Final position control; Proprioception; Spatial calibration

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; VISION;

EID: 0029903246     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229632     Document Type: Article

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