Effect of contralateral finger touch on grip force control in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-631

  Iyengar, Veena ^a   Santos, Marcio J ^a   Ko, Michael ^b   Aruin, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger touch; Grip force control; Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; TOUCH;

EID: 62949134535     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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