Bimanual coordination: Constraints imposed by the relative timing of homologous muscle activation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-38

  Li, Yong ^a   Levin, Oron ^a   Carson, Richard G ^b   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Constraints; Cycling frequency; Hand posture; Interlimb; Symmetry principles; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOREARM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542484561     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1762-4     Document Type: Article

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