Modulation of synchrony between single motor units during precision grip tasks in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 541, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 937-948

  Kilner, J M ^a,b   Alonso Alonso, M ^a   Fisher, R ^a   Lemon, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THUMB; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; PRECISION GRIP; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

EID: 0037098724     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013305     Document Type: Article

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