Removal of visual feedback lowers structural variability of inter-digit force coordination during sustained precision pinch

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 545, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Li, Ke ^a   Marquardt, Tamara L ^a   Li, Zong Ming ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ClinicCleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrended cross correlation analysis (DCCA); Detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA); Force variability; Sustained pinch; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DETRENDED CROSS CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INTERDIGIT FORCE COORDINATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PINCH STRENGTH; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; THUMB; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84878551338     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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