Three-dimensional spatial tuning of neck muscle activation in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-448

  Vasavada, Anita N ^a   Peterson, Barry W ^b,c   Delp, Scott L ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Humans; Neck muscles; Tuning curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TUNING CURVE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; ROTATION;

EID: 0036448072     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1275-6     Document Type: Article

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