Control of movement variability and the regulation of limb impedance

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3516-3524

  Lametti, Daniel R ^a   Houle, Guillaume ^a   Ostry, David J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ROBOTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 37549012567     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00970.2007     Document Type: Article

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