Three-dimensional reaching tasks: Effect of reaching height and width on upper limb kinematics and muscle activity

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-507

  Vandenberghe, Annelies ^a   Levin, Oron ^a   De Schutter, Joris ^a   Swinnen, Stephan ^a   Jonkers, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D reaching task; Upper limb control; Upper limb electromyography; Upper limb kinematics

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 78149471153     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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