Motor commands contribute to human position sense

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 571, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 703-710

  Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Smith, Janette L ^a   Crawford, Matthew ^b   Proske, Uwe ^c   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WRIST; BODY POSITION; HAND; SENSATION;

EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KINESTHESIS; LIDOCAINE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; PHANTOM LIMB; WRIST;

EID: 33644688160     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.103093     Document Type: Article

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