Bilateral interactions during contractions of intrinsic hand muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1907-1913

  Zijdewind, Inge ^a   Kernell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRADIATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0035005915     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.5.1907     Document Type: Article

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