Effects of gait variations on grip force coordination during object transport.

@article{Gysin2008EffectsOG,
  title={Effects of gait variations on grip force coordination during object transport.},
  author={Priska Gysin and Terry R Kaminski and Chris J. Hass and C{\'e}cile Grobet and Andrew M. Gordon},
  journal={Journal of neurophysiology},
  year={2008},
  volume={100 5},
  pages={
          2477-85
        }
}
In object transport during unimpeded locomotion, grip force is precisely timed and scaled to the regularly paced sinusoidal inertial force fluctuations. However, it is unknown whether this coupling is due to moment-to-moment predictions of upcoming inertial forces or a longer, generalized time estimate of regularly paced inertial forces generated during the normal gait cycle. Eight subjects transported a grip instrument during five walking conditions, four of which altered the gait cycle. The… 
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