Resolving conflicts in task demands during balance recovery: Does holding an object inhibit compensatory grasping?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Bateni, Hamid ^a,b   Zecevic, Aleksandra ^a   McIlroy, William E ^a,c   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Assistive device; Cane; Fall; Grasp; Mobility aid; Postural balance; Reach; Triggered reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING AID;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 2442707188     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1815-8     Document Type: Article

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