Muscular and postural synergies of the human hand

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 523-535

  Weiss, Erica J ^a   Flanders, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INJURY; JOINT FUNCTION; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; THUMB;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE;

EID: 3042590347     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01265.2003     Document Type: Article

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