Task-dependent organization of pinch grip forces

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-376

  Moerchen, Victoria A ^a   Lazarus, JoAnne C ^b   Gruben, Kreg G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Coupling; Force production; Motor control; Pinch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250005763     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0864-9     Document Type: Article

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