Multijoint muscle regulation mechanisms examined by measured human arm stiffness and EMG signals

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1458-1468

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

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 0033054083     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.4.1458     Document Type: Article

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