Shared bimanual tasks elicit bimanual reflexes during movement

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3142-3155

  Mutha, Pratik K ^a   Sainburg, Robert L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 72749094023     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91335.2008     Document Type: Article

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