Multi-digit coordination during lifting a horizontally oriented object: Synergies control with referent configurations

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-290

  Wu, Yen Hsun ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Prehension; Safety margin; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84867747326     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3215-4     Document Type: Article

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