Common input to motor units of digit flexors during multi-digit grasping

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3210-3220

  Winges, Sara A ^a   Santello, Marco ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB;

EID: 8644240117     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00516.2004     Document Type: Article

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