Hand dominance and multi-finger synergies

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Sainburg, Robert L ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Force production; Hand dominance; Human; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMETRICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750429616     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.048     Document Type: Article

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