The relation between force magnitude, force steadiness, and muscle co-contraction in the thumb during precision grip

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-180

  Danion, Frédéric ^a   Galléa, Cécile ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Inst Neurosci Cognitives Mediter   (France)

Author keywords

Co contraction; Hand; Humans; Isometric force; Muscle coordination; Precision grip

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THUMB;

EID: 4444358042     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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