The role of musculoskeletal mechanics in motor coordination

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 369-378

  Nichols, T R ^a   Lin, D C ^a   Huyghues Despointes, C M J I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033399916     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62871-x     Document Type: Article

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