Bimanual force control strategies in chronic stroke: Finger extension versus power grip

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2536-2545

  Lodha, Neha ^a,b   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b   Coombes, Stephen A ^a   Cauraugh, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bimanual; Coordination; Extension; Finger; Flexion; Force control; Motor control; Power grip; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL FORCE CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER EXTENSION; FORCE ASYMMETRY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARESIS; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865559791     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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