Effects of varying the load force range and frequency on force coordination in static manipulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 475, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Uygur, Mehmet ^a   de Freitas, Paulo B ^b   Jaric, Slobodan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control; Hand; Minimum jerk; Rate; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952884578     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.063     Document Type: Article

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