The effects of stroke and age on finger interaction in multi-finger force production tasks

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1646-1655

  Li, Sheng ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a   Yue, Guang H ^b   Siemionow, Vlodek ^b   Sahgal, Vinod ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coordination; Finger; Hand; Stroke; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0042426080     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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