On the neuro-muscular control of trochlean joints

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Balthazar, Muriel ^a   Mountian, Irina ^a,b   Willems, Pierre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; BIOFEEDBACK; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

GOLGI TENDON ORGANS; NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL; TROCHLEAN JOINTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; JOINT MOBILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; TREMOR;

BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; ELBOW JOINT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030221165     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796017     Document Type: Article

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