What determines limb selection for reaching?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-59

  Helbig, Casi Rabb ^a   Gabbard, Carl ^b  

^a TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Manual asymmetry; Motor asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 16644370334     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2004.10609133     Document Type: Article

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