The effect of a fatiguing exercise by the index finger on single- and multi-finger force production tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 322-329

  Danion, F ^a   Latash, M L ^a   Li, Z M ^b   Zatsiorsky, V M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Fatigue; Finger; Human; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTAL PHALANX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035023640     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100698     Document Type: Article

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