Motor planning in bimanual object manipulation: Two plans for two hands?

Motor Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-254

  Janssen, Loes ^a,b   Crajé, Céline ^a,b   Weigelt, Matthias ^c,d   Steenbergen, Bert ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimanual; End state comfort; Interlimb interference; Movement execution; Movement planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77950839866     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.14.2.240     Document Type: Article

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