OBJECTIVE: To investigate muscle activities during locking-unlocking movements.
METHODS: Thirty right-handed healthy volunteers, aged between 18-23 years, without any …

The objective of this study was to determine the organization of coactivation in the arm and
shoulder muscles. Normal human subjects made alternate movements of a joint in the …

Chopsticks are widely used in the Oriental countries. However, people develop their
personal holding postures. Two main postures can be identified. One is parallel type, the …

METHODS Two groups of subjects participated in this preliminary study. The experimental
group consisted of left hemispheric stroke patients. They were right-hand dominant and had …

Voluntary adduction–abduction movements of one arm in the horizontal plane discharge a
reaction torque which would rotate the trunk in the direction opposite to arm acceleration …

The objective of the present study was to determine the structure of the movement pattern
performed during a wheelchair fencing lunge that is executed in response to visual and …

In order to implement cognitive motor brain machine interfaces, the systems must be
capable of identifying when a subject wishes to perform a given task. Nowadays, researches …

Background The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of manipulation mode of
chopsticks on the learning process, using assessment of task performance and …

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the positions
of the shoulder joint that enable easy getting-up from a side-lying position, and the muscle …

The present study investigated the effect of handle size (35mm and 40mm), grip type (loose
grip and tight grip) and supine stroke rotation (30⁰, 45⁰ and 60⁰) on electromyography ie …