Patterns of muscle activity for digital coarticulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 230-242

  Winges, Sara A ^a   Furuya, Shinichi ^a   Faber, Nathaniel J ^a   Flanders, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger movement; Hand movement; Motor cortex; Muscle; Piano playing

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS BREVIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

FINGER MOVEMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE; PIANO PLAYING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84876542706     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00973.2012     Document Type: Article

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