Effects of kinematics constraints on hand trajectory during whole-body lifting tasks

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Kerlirzin, Yves ^a   Pozzo, Thierry ^b   Dietrich, Gilles ^c,d   Vieilledent, Stéphane ^a  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Kinematics constraints; Trajectory formation; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE;

EID: 0032709291     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00843-5     Document Type: Article

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