Control of finger force direction in the flexion-extension plane

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Gao, Fan ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error compensation; Finger; Force; Human; Synergy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; FEEDBACK; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 15044350458     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2074-z     Document Type: Article

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