Neural compensation for mechanical differences between hand and foot during coupled oscillations of the two segments

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-177

  Baldissera, Fausto ^a   Borroni, Paola ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associated movements; Foot; Gender; Hand; Phase coupling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033923172     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000368     Document Type: Article

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