Online feedback and the regulation of degrees of freedom in motor control

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 577-589

  Ranganathan, Rajiv ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Coupling; Feedback; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 50849123761     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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