Do centrally programmed anticipatory postural adjustments in fast stepping affect performance of an associated 'touche' movement?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 462-466

  Do, M C ^a   Yiou, E ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Anticipatory postural adjustments; Fencing; Refractory period; Sequential movements; Speed performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032720388     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050914     Document Type: Article

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