Relationship between cocontraction, movement kinematics and phasic muscle activity in single-joint arm movement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-181

  Suzuki, Masataka ^a,d   Shiller, Douglas M ^b,d   Gribble, Paul L ^c,d   Ostry, David J ^b,d  

^a KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movement; EMG; Kinematics; Muscle coactivation; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0035728387     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100797     Document Type: Article

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