Differences in the abilities of individual fingers during the performance of fast, repetitive tapping movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 270-280

  Aoki, Tomoko ^a   Francis, Peter R ^b   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic motor ability; Finger; Finger compatibility; Independence; Tapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINGER; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141453247     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1552-z     Document Type: Article

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