Dexterity in cerebellar agenesis

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 696-703

  Nowak, Dennis A ^a   Timmann, Dagmar ^b   Hermsdörfer, Joachim ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grip force; Internal model; Predictive force control; Reactive force control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845652286     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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