Postural control at the human wrist

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1265-1275

  Chew, John Z Z ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST; ARM MOVEMENT; FORCE; LOAD STIFFNESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTURAL CONTROL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST;

EID: 40049096320     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.146910     Document Type: Article

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