Coordination of grip configurations as a function of force output

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Sharp, William E ^b   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Grip configurations; Isometric force; Prehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034077105     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601361     Document Type: Article

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