Quantifying the independence of human finger movements: Comparisons of digits, hands, and movement frequencies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 8542-8550

  Hager Ross, C ^a   Schieber, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digits; Fingers; Hand; Handedness; Human; Independence; Individuation; Laterality; Mo vements; Motor control; Movement frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034668773     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-22-08542.2000     Document Type: Article

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