Finger force sharing during an adapted power grip task

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Vigouroux, Laurent ^b   Rossi, Jérémy ^a,b   Foissac, Matthieu ^a   Grélot, Laurent ^b   Berton, Eric ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Department of Movement Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

Control of voluntary movements; Finger force sharing; Hand; Power grip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; PARAMETER; POWER GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB; VOLITION; WRIST;

EID: 82455188088     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.050     Document Type: Article

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