Influence of fingertip contact on illusory arm movements

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1555-1560

  Rabin, Ely ^a   Gordon, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptics; Muscle vibration; Proprioception; Sensory integration; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ARM; CUES; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 1642372978     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01085.2003     Document Type: Article

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