Positive force feedback in bouncing gaits?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1529, 2003, Pages 2173-2183

  Geyer, Hartmut ^a,b   Seyfarth, Andre ^a,b   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Leg stiffness; Motor control; Muscle reflex; Robust running; Self stability

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TENDON RECEPTOR;

EID: 0142010646     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2454     Document Type: Article

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