Impedance control balances stability with metabolically costly muscle activation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3097-3105

  Franklin, David W ^a,b   So, Udell ^a   Kawato, Mitsuo ^a   Milner, Theodore E ^b  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROBOTICS; TORQUE; ARM; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; INNERVATION; JOINT; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 14844286195     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00364.2004     Document Type: Article

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