Force path curvature and conserved features of muscle activation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-90

  Pellegrini, John J ^a   Flanders, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional tuning; EMG; Human; Isometric force; Muscle force; Path curvature

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE; TRANSDUCER; WRIST;

EID: 0029951571     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00241377     Document Type: Article

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