Coactivation in arm and shoulder muscles during voluntary fixation of a single joint

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Suzuki, Masataka ^b   Ohkuwa, Tetsuo ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocontraction; Human; Motor control; Surface EMG; Upper limb muscles

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT; VOLITION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0037441571     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(02)00952-8     Document Type: Article

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