Task-dependent viscoelasticity of human multijoint arm and its spatial characteristics for interaction with environments

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8965-8978

  Gomi, Hiroaki ^a,b   Osu, Rieko ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm control; Arm stiffness; Arm viscosity; Environmental interaction; Human arm mechanical impedance; Isometric force control; Muscle control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; ELBOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHOULDER; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032213320     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08965.1998     Document Type: Article

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