Implications of positive feedback in the control of movement

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3237-3251

  Prochazka, Arthur ^a   Gillard, Deborah ^a   Bennett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

EID: 0030857912     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3237     Document Type: Article

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