Do arm postures vary with the speed of reaching?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2582-2586

  Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a   Murray, Sara T ^b   Flanders, Martha ^b,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033054297     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2582     Document Type: Article

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