Power and precision grip force control in three-to-five-year-old children: Velocity control precedes amplitude control in development

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-260

  Potter, Nancy L ^a   Kent, Raymond D ^b   Lindstrom, Mary J ^c   Lazarus, Jo Anne C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; VELOCITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33744955384     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0322-5     Document Type: Article

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