Differential load impact upon arm tremor dynamics and coordinative strategy between postural holding and position tracking

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 945-957

  Hwang, Ing Shiou ^a   Chen, Yi Ching ^b   Wu, Pei Shan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHU ZEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coordination; Load; Physiological tremor; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FINGER TREMOR; FOREARM; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOADING TEST; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 63049116478     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-0981-1     Document Type: Article

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