Motor control goes beyond physics: Differential effects of gravity and inertia on finger forces during manipulation of hand-held objects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-308

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasping; Grip force; Load force; Prehension; Stato dynamic relation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FINGER; FORCE; GRAVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; WEIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FINGERS; GRAVITATION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 17744389370     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2152-2     Document Type: Article

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