Coupling phenomena during asynchronous submaximal two-hand, multi-finger force production tasks in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Li, Sheng ^a   Danion, Frederic ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral deficit; Coordination; Coupling; Finger; Force production; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 0037064271     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00869-8     Document Type: Article

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