Basic elements of arm postural control analyzed by unloading

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-241

  Archambault, Philippe S ^a,c   Mihaltchev, Pavel ^a   Levin, Mindy F ^a,b   Feldman, Anatol G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elbow; Equilibrium point hypothesis; Postural control; Shoulder; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 23744485558     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2245-6     Document Type: Article

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