Bimanual isometric force control: Asymmetry and coordination evidence post stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 787-795

  Lodha, Neha ^a   Coombes, Stephen A ^a   Cauraugh, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bimanual; Coordination; Isometric force; Stroke; Upper extremity; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WRIST;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WRIST;

EID: 84857782879     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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