Human arm stiffness characteristics during the maintenance of posture

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 315-326

  Flash, T ^a   Mussa Ivaldi, F ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm posture; Arm stiffness; Man; Muscle "spring like" properties; Muscle activities; Stiffness control

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ARM; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMAN; JOINTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025153791     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00231251     Document Type: Article

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