Interlimb transfer of grasp orientation is asymmetrical

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1805-1809

  Frak, V ^a,b   Bourbonnais, D ^b   Croteau, I ^b   Cohen, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c Clinique Sainte Anne

Author keywords

Hemispheric dominance; Interlimb transfer; Opposition axis; Prehension; Visuomotor transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 33846993749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.291     Document Type: Article

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