Superposition of independent units of coordination during pointing movements involving the trunk with and without visual feedback

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 336-349

  Pigeon, Pascale ^a,c   Yahia, L'Hocine ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold B ^a,b   Feldman, Anatol G ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body configuration; Interjoint coordination; Motor control; Principal component analysis; Redundancy problem; Superposition principle; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRUNK;

EID: 0034064122     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900267     Document Type: Article

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