Long-latency responses during reaching account for the mechanical interaction between the shoulder and elbow joints

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3004-3015

  Kurtzer, Isaac ^a,b   Pruszynski, J Andrew ^a   Scott, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449436187     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00453.2009     Document Type: Article

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