Intra-limb segmental influences on random-like movements in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-223

  Deutsch, Katherine M ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrees of freedom; Limb movement; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 4344656892     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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