Preparatory trunk motion accompanies rapid upper limb movement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-79

  Hodges, Paul ^a,b   Cresswell, Andrew ^a   Thorstensson, Alf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticipatory postural adjustments; Intra abdominal pressure; Limb movement; Spinal stability; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ARM; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINE;

EID: 0033002812     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050601     Document Type: Article

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