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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"grip type"”.
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The effect of elbow position and grip span on isometric grip strength and force distribution of fingers.
… use or poor design of hand tools. Isometric grip, performed with the angled handles of pliers was investigated in this study. For this thesis, three factors were studied. They were grip type (traditional and reversed grip), elbow position (0$\sp\circ$, 30$\sp\circ$, 60$\sp\circ$, …
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An Electrophysiological Examination of Visuomotor Activity Elicited by Visual Object Affordances
… different patterns of cortical activation for grip-type and lateralised affordances. These novel findings question the applicability of the label ‘visuomotor’ to grip-type affordance processing and suggest considerable revision to models of affordance. This thesis also offers a series of novel …
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Toward a greater understanding of the brain processes underlying handgrip and handgrip fatigue
Handgrip is a ubiquitous human movement that determines how we interact with our environment. It is involved in almost every aspect of daily life (e.g. opening a door, handling cutlery, using tools) and like all human movement, its application is limited by muscle fatigue. However, the supraspinal …