Possible contributions of CPG activity to the control of rhythmic human arm movement

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 556-568

  Zehr, E Paul ^a,b   Carroll, Timothy J ^c   Chua, Romeo ^b,d   Collins, David F ^e   Frigon, Alain ^f   Haridas, Carlos ^e   Hundza, Sandra R ^a   Thompson, Aiko Kido ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Intl Collaboration Repair D   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locomotion; Motor control; Neural control

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM;

ARM; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 11244327883     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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