Postural dependence of muscle actions: Implications for neural control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2128-2142

  Buneo, Christopher A ^a,b   Soechting, John F ^a   Flanders, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

arm movement; internal model; muscle; posture; reaching; torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031034554     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-06-02128.1997     Document Type: Article

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