Shoulder and elbow muscle activity in goal-directed arm movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 359-366

  Gabriel, David A ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Human arm movement; Intermuscle latency; Muscle activity; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ARM; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 0030885105     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005763     Document Type: Article

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