A simple rule for controlling overarm throws to different targets

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-339

  Watts, Sherry ^a   Pessotto, Ivan ^a   Hore, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hand path; Overarm throws; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BASEBALL; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 11144336068     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1957-3     Document Type: Article

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