The brain adjusts grip forces differently according to gravity and inertia: A parabolic flight experiment

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages 1-10

  White, Olivier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Université de Bourgogne   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity; Grip force; Inertia; Internal model; Load force; Rhythmic movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT; GRAVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRECISION GRIP;

EID: 84923314513     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00007     Document Type: Article

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