Directional invariance during loading-related modulations of muscle activity: Evidence for motor equivalence

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-76

  Levin, Oron ^a   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a   Steyvers, Maarten ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyclical movements; Directional tuning; Electromyography; End effector kinematics; Motor control; Motor equivalence; Muscle grouping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037213350     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1277-4     Document Type: Article

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