A minimum energy cost hypothesis for human arm trajectories

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-105

  Alexander, R McN ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031064725     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050324     Document Type: Article

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