The advantage of cyclic over discrete movements remains evident following changes in load and amplitude

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-32

  Smits Engelsman, B C M ^a,b,c   Swinnen, S P ^a   Duysens, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d SMK Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Cyclic and discrete movements; Fitts' law; Goal directed movements; Load; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 32544440188     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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