Strength training increases training-specific multifinger coordination in humans

Motor Control

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-329

  Shim, Jae Kun ^a,b   Hsu, Jeffrey ^a   Karol, Sohit ^a   Hurley, Ben F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Enslaving; Finger; Specificity; Synergy; Training; UCM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 58049191255     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.12.4.311     Document Type: Article

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