Force sharing among fingers as a model of the redundancy problem

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-286

  Li, Zong Ming ^a   Latash, M L ^a   Zatsiorsky, V M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger forces; Force sharing; Hand; Human; Motor redundancy; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0031907634     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050343     Document Type: Article

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