Deficits in phasic muscle force generation explain insufficient compensation for interaction torque in cerebellar patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-56

  Boose, A ^a   Dichgans, J ^a   Topka, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm movement physiology; Cerebellar ataxia; Interaction torques; Inverse dynamics; Multi joint movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE;

EID: 0033548222     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)01013-1     Document Type: Article

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