Elaborate force coordination of precision grip could be generalized to bimanual grasping techniques

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Freitas Jr , Paulo Barbosa ^a   Krishnan, Vennila ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Human; Isometric; Manipulation; Movement control; Oscillatory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND GRIP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846034781     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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