Adaptive control of stiffness to stabilize hand position with large loads

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Franklin, David W ^a,b   Milner, Theodore E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscles; Impedance control; Instability; Position control; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINESIOLOGY; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0141676240     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1540-3     Document Type: Article

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