Simple artificial neural network models can generate basic muscle activity patterns for human locomotion at different speeds

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 474-480

  Prentice, S D ^a   Patla, A E ^a   Stacey, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Electromyography; Locomotion; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031726691     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050591     Document Type: Article

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