Differences in fine control of forces generated by the tongue, lips and fingers in humans

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 517-523

  Gentil, Michèle ^a   Tournier, Claire L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Force; Forefinger; Lip; Oral control; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIP; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TONGUE; TRANSDUCER;

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONGUE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032128038     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(98)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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