Muscle activation patterns in point-to-point and reversal movements in healthy, older subjects and in subjects with Parkinson's disease

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-78

  Pfann, K D ^a   Robichaud, J A ^a,b   Gottlieb, G L ^d   Comella, C L ^e   Brandabur, M ^a,f   Corcos, D M ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NPF Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Motor control; PD; Upper limb; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

AGED; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 3142702203     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1821-x     Document Type: Article

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