An involuntary stereotypical grasp tendency pervadees voluntary dynamic multifinger manipulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2896-2911

  Rácz, Kornelius ^a   Brown, Daniel ^c   Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasp; Manipulation; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE FINGER; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB;

EID: 84870504491     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00297.2012     Document Type: Article

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