Coupling of eye, finger, elbow, and shoulder movements during manual aiming

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-248

  Helsen, Werner F ^a   Elliott, Digby ^b   Starkes, Janet L ^b   Ricker, Kathryn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye limb coupling; Manual aiming; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0033860840     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601375     Document Type: Article

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