Grip force control in patients with neck and upper extremity pain and healthy controls

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1840-1848

  Huysmans, Maaike A ^a,b   Hoozemans, Marco J M ^a,b   Visser, Bart ^a   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Research Center Physical Activity Work and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grip force; Motor control; Pain; Perceived tension; Prehensile manipulation; Sensory motor performance; Sensory motor integration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 46049088867     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.04.290     Document Type: Article

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