Limited ability to extend the digits of the human hand independently with extensor digitorum

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4799-4810

  van Duinen, Hiske ^a   Yu, Wei Shin ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; FINGER; FINGER PHALANX; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; INDEX FINGER; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350675989     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.177964     Document Type: Article

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