Cutaneous receptors contribute to kinesthesia at the index finger, elbow, and knee

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1699-1706

  Collins, D F ^a,c   Refshauge, K M ^a,b   Todd, G ^c   Gandevia, S C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESTHESIA; KNEE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN RECEPTOR; TENDON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VIBRATION SENSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; KINESTHESIS; KNEE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SKIN; VIBRATION;

EID: 23944494070     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00191.2005     Document Type: Article

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