Independence of force production by digits of the human hand

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-56

  Reilly, Karen T ^a   Hammond, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digits; Force production; Fractionation; Handedness; Human; Independence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINGER; HAND; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034683217     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01328-8     Document Type: Article

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