Overarm throws with the nondominant arm: Kinematics of accuracy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3693-3704

  Hore, J ^a   Watts, S ^a   Tweed, D ^a   Miller, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0030460171     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3693     Document Type: Article

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