Force control deficits in chronic stroke: Grip formation and release phases

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Naik, Sagar K ^a   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b   Lodha, Neha ^a   Coombes, Stephen A ^c   Cauraugh, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Force control; Force variability; Grip; Hand; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953042198     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2637-8     Document Type: Article

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