Reflex regulation of antagonist muscles for control of joint equilibrium position

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-71

  Lan, Ning ^a   Li, Yong ^b   Sun, Y ^c   Yang, F S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

, motor neurons; Equilibrium point control; Neuro musculo skeletal modeling; Proprioceptive feedback; Reflex regulation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NEUROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MOVEMENT CONTROL; REFLEX GAIN; RENSHAW CELLS; SYSTEMS MODEL;

MUSCLE;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA MOTONEURON; JOINT FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL REFLEX; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 16344371229     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.841882     Document Type: Article

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