Time but not force is transferred between ipsilateral upper and lower limbs

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-189

  Christou, Evangelos A ^a   Rodriguez, Tiffany M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Arm; Force variability; Isometric contractions; Leg; Motor output variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME;

ADULT; ARM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINESTHESIS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 43249107549     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.40.3.186-189     Document Type: Article

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