Force synergies for multifingered grasping: Effect of predictability in object center of mass and handedness

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-49

  Rearick, Matthew P ^a   Santello, Marco ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger force synergies; Force control; Grasping; Human hand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; FORCE; GRASPING; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036236517     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1024-x     Document Type: Article

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