Contribution of tactile information to accuracy in pointing movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 438-445

  Rao, Ashwini K ^a,c   Gordon, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Digital anesthesia; Performance errors; Proprioception; Sensorimotor integration; Single limb movements; Switched limb movements; Tactile cues

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARM; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0035000308     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100717     Document Type: Article

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