Large index-fingertip forces are produced by subject-independent patterns of muscle excitation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 693-703

  Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^a,b   Zajac, Felix E ^a,b   Burgar, Charles G ^a,b  

^a Vet Aff Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Electromyography; EMG; Finger; Grasping; Hand; Maximum voluntary contraction; Muscle coordination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINGER REPLANTATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; FORECASTING; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 0031665557     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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