title: [Manipulation box to measure the motor performance involving the distal musculature of the arm in primates (author's transl)].
abstract: For studies of motor performance in the baboon, regarding precise finger movements, a new latch-box was developed. The device was designed so as to involve mainly the distal musculature of the arm. Handling the different knobs or latches which open the compartments of the box had to be performed in a given motor sequence. Monkeys were trained to use two fingers of the hand: thumb and index. Data are presented which show that, after exclusion of a central nervous structure, it is possible to differentiate the performance obtained with the device described above that obtained in a pointing task, mainly involving the proximal musculature.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology*; D010827:Physiology / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Boîte de manipulation pour la mesure de performances motrices mettant en jeu la musculature distale du membre antérieur chez les primates.