Speed invariance of independent control of finger movements in pianists

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2060-2068

  Furuya, Shinichi ^a   Soechting, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Individuated finger movements; Multijoint movements; Principal component analysis; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSICIAN; PIANIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSIC;

EID: 84867162653     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00378.2012     Document Type: Article

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