Control of the wrist joint in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 116-127

  Bawa, P ^a   Chalmers, G R ^b   Jones, K E ^a   Sogaard K ^c   Walsh, M L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corticomotoneuron; Interneurons; Motoneuron; Recruitment; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HAND; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; JOINT FUNCTION; MAMMAL; MODULATION; MONKEY; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECIES; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WRIST;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0034537795     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000270     Document Type: Article

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