Differential effects of load stiffness on matching pinch force, finger span, and effort

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-495

  Van Doren, Clayton L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Finger span; Human; Motor command; Pinch force; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RIGIDITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031839483     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050422     Document Type: Article

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