Failure of cerebellar patients to time finger opening precisely causes ball high-low inaccuracy in overarm throws

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Timmann, D ^a   Watts, S ^a   Hore, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032801643     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.1.103     Document Type: Article

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