Development of isometric force and force control in children

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Smits Engelsman, B C M ^a,b   Westenberg, Y ^b   Duysens, J ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Sint Maartenskliniek   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Feedforward feedback; Manual dexterity; PSDA; Sensorimotor control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPECTROMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038394290     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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