Modeling constraints to redundancy in bimanual force coordination

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2169-2180

  Hu, Xiaogang ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral coupling; Isometric force; Redundancy; Satisficing model; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956272366     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01086.2010     Document Type: Article

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