Intermuscular co-ordination during fast contact control leg tasks in man

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Doorenbosch, Caroline A M ^a,b   Welter, Tom G ^a   Van Ingen Schenau, Gerrit Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biarticular leg muscles; electromyography; force control; motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0030998667     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01327-3     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Basmajian, J.V. and DeLuca, C.J., Muscles Alive; Their Functions Revealed by Electromyography, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1985.
2. Buford, J.A. and Smith, J.L., Adaptive control for backward quadrupedal walking. II. Hindlimb muscle synergies, J. Neurophysiol., 64 (1990) 756-766.
3. Carlson Kuhta, P.C. and Smith, J.L., Scratch responses in normal cats: hindlimb kinematics and muscle synergies, J. Neurophysiol., 64 (1990) 1653-1667.
4. Clauser, C.E., McConville, T.J. and Young, J.W., Weight, volume and center of mass of segments of the human body, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, AMRL-TR-69-70, Ohio, USA, 1969, pp. 339-356,.
5. Collins, J.J., The redundant nature of locomotor optimization laws, J. Biomech., 28 (1995) 251-267.
6. Doorenbosch, C.A.M. and Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, The role of mono- and biarticular muscles during contact control leg tasks in man, Hum. Movem. Sci., 14 (1995) 279-300.
7. Elftmann, H., Forces and energy changes in the leg during walking, Am. J. Physiol., 125 (1939) 339-356.
8. Grillner, S. and Zangger, P., On the central generation of locomotion in the low spinal cat, Exp. Brain Res., 34 (1979) 241-261.
9. Herzog, W., Leonard, T.R. and Guimaraes, A.C.S., Forces in gastrocnemius, soleus and plantaris muscles of the freely moving cat, J. Biomech., 26 (1993) 945-953.
10. Hoffer, J.A., Loeb, G.E., Sugano, N., Marks, W.B., O'Donovan, M.J. and Pratt, C.A., Cat hindlimb motorneurons during locomotion. III. Functional segregation in sartorius, J. Neurophysiol., 57 (1987) 554-562.
11. Hoy, M.G., Zernicke, R.F. and Smith, J.L., Contrasting roles of inertial and muscular moments at the ankle and knee during paw-shake responses, J. Neurophysiol., 54 (1985) 1282-1294.
12. Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, From rotation to translation: constraints on multi-joint movements and the unique action of mono-and biarticular muscles, Hum. Movem. Sci., 8 (1989) 301-337.
13. Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, Boots, P.J.M., Groot, G. de, Snackers, R.J. and Woensel, W.W.L.M. van, The constrained control of force and position in multi-joint movements, Neuroscience, 46 (1992) 197-207.
14. Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, Pratt, C.A. and Macpherson, J.M., Differential use and control of mono- and biarticular muscles, Hum. Movem. Sci., 13 (1994) 495-517.
15. Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, Welter, T.G., Dorssers, W.M.M., Beelen, A., Groot, G. de and Jacobs, R., The control of mono-articular muscles in multijoint leg extensions in man, J. Physiol., 484.1 (1995) 247-254.
16. Jacobs, R. and Ingen Schenau, G.J. van, Control of an external force in leg extensions in humans, J. Physiol., 457 (1992) 611-626.
17. Kuo, A.D., A mechanical analysis of force distribution between redundant, multiple degree-of-freedom actuators in the human: Implications for the central nervous system, Hum. Movem. Sci., 13 (1994) 635-663.
18. Lees, A., An optimised film analysis method based on finite differences techniques, J. Hum. Movem. Stud., 6 (1980) 165-180.
19. Macpherson, J.M., Strategies that simplify the control of quadrupedal stance. I. Forces at the ground, J. Neurophysiol., 60 (1988) 204-217.
20. Macpherson, J.M., Strategies that simplify the control of quadrupedal stance. II. Electromyographic activity, J. Neurophysiol., 60 (1988) 218-231.
21. Perell, K.L., Gregor, R.J., Buford, J.A. and Smith, J.L., Adaptive control for backward quadrupedal walking. IV. Hindlimb kinetics during stance and swing, J. Neurophysiol., 70 (1993) 2226-2240.
22. Perret, C. and Cabelguen, J.-M., Central and reflex participation in the timing of locomotor activations of a bifunctional muscle, the semi-tendinosus, in the cat, Brain Res., 106 (1976) 390-395.
23. Perret, C. and Cabelguen, J.-M., Main characteristics of the hindlimb locomotor cycle in the decorticate cat with special reference to bifunctional muscles, Brain Res., 187 (1980) 333-352.
24. Pratt, C.A., Chanaud, C.M. and Loeb, G.E., Functionally complex muscles of the cat hindlimb. IV. Intramuscular distribution of movement command signals and cutaneous reflexes in broad, bifunctional muscles, Exp. Brain Res., 85 (1991) 281-299.
25. Roeleveld, K., Lute, E.M.C., Veeger, H.E.J., Gwinn, T. and Woude, L.H.V. van der, Power output and technique of wheelchair athletes, Adapt. Phys. Act. Q., 11 (1994) 71-85.
26. Sporns, O. and Edelman, G.E., Solving Bernstein's problem: a proposal for the development of coordinated movement by selection, Child Dev., 64 (1993) 960-981.
27. Tax, A.A.M., Denier van der Gon, J.J., Gielen, C.C.A.M. and Kleyne, M., Differences in the central control of m.biceps brachii in movement and force tasks, Exp. Brain Res., 79 (1990) 138-142.
28. Veeger, H.E.J., Woude, L.H.V. van der and Rozendal, R.H., Load on the upper extremity in manual wheelchair propulsion. J. Electromyogr. Kinesiol., 1 (1991) 270-280.
29. Veeger, H.E.J. and Woude, L.H.V. van der, Force generation in manual wheelchair propulsion. In J. Vossoughi (Ed.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, pp. 779-782, Washington, DC, USA, 1994.
30. Vidal, C., Viala, D. and Buser, P., Central locomotor programming in the rabbit, Brain Res., 168 (1979) 57-73.
31. Winter, D.A., Biomechanics of Human Movements, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1979.
32. Winter, D.A., Fuglevand, A.J. and Archer, S.E., Crosstalk in surface electromyography: theoretical and practical estimates, J. Electromyogr. Kinesiol., 4 (1994) 15-26.