Influence of mechanical factors on movement units in infant reaching

Human Movement Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 733-748

  Out, Lia ^a,b   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b   Van Soest, Arthur J ^a,b   Hopkins, Brian ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Infant reaching; Movement units; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280937     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(97)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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