Catching a ball at the right time and place: Individual factors matter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cesqui, Benedetta ^a   d'Avella, Andrea ^a   Portone, Alessandro ^a,b   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM POSTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATCHING TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FLIGHT TIME; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SUBMOVEMENT DECOMPOSITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; TRUNK MOTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WRIST TRAJECTORY; WRIST VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 84857498953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031770     Document Type: Article

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