Task- and age-dependent variations in steadiness

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 389-395

  Enoka, R M ^a   Burnett, R A ^a   Graves, A E ^a   Kornatz, K W ^a   Laidlaw, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGING; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0033374872     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62873-3     Document Type: Article

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