Sensorimotor integration at spinal level as a basis for muscle coordination during voluntary movement in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1961-1967

  Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Applied motor control; Central motor commands; Sensory afferents; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL REFLEX; SPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 2342460380     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01073.2003     Document Type: Review

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