Neural control of rhythmic human movement: The common core hypothesis

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-60

  Zehr, E Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Intl Collaboration Repair Discov   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; CPG; Feedback; Motor control; Neural control

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ARM; CANADA; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344303630     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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