Are recruitment patterns of the trunk musculature compatible with a synergy based on the maximization of endurance?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1095-1100

  Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor control; Optimization; Spine; Trunk biomechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MANUAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ENDURANCE MAXIMIZATION; TRUNK MUSCULATURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ROTATION; SACRUM; THORAX; TORQUE;

EID: 0031279548     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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