Reaching to recover balance in unpredictable circumstances: Is online visual control of the reach-to-grasp reaction necessary or sufficient?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-599

  Cheng, Kenneth C ^a,b,c   McKay, Sandra M ^a,b   King, Emily C ^a,b,d   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm movements; Postural balance; Spatial working memory; Triggered reactions; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862897083     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3051-6     Document Type: Article

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