Contribution of peripheral input to length discrimination during use of a precision grip

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Sawada, Yuji ^a,c   Nakamura, Mariko ^a   Sekito, Yoshiko ^a   Aoki, Mamoru ^a   Lewis, Murray M ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033391289     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1130(99)80067-2     Document Type: Article

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