Partition of voluntary command to antagonist muscles during cyclic flexion-extension of the hand

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 436-448

  Esposti, Roberto ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a   Baldissera, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antagonist muscles; Cyclic flexion extension; Hand; Partition of voluntary command

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERROR; FORCE; FRICTION; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; VISCOSITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDBACK; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VOLITION; WRIST;

EID: 18844458830     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2120-x     Document Type: Article

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