The interface between biomechanics and neurophysiology in the study of movement: Some recent approaches

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 169-234

  Hasan, Ziaul ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a   Stuart, Douglas G ^a  

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ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; HUMAN; JOINTS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

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