The influence of visual perturbations on the neural control of limb stiffness

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 246-257

  Wong, Jeremy ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth T ^a   Malfait, Nicole ^a,b   Gribble, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849161912     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90371.2008     Document Type: Article

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