Strategy of coordination of two- and one-joint leg muscles in controlling an external force

Motor Control

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-116

  Prilutsky, Boris I ^a   Gregor, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002555490     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.1.1.92     Document Type: Article

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