Contribution of stretch reflexes to locomotor control: A modeling study

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-155

  Yakovenko, S ^a   Gritsenko, V ^a   Prochazka, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

LOCOMOTOR CONTROL; LOCOMOTOR STABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR MODELS; SENSORY CONTROL;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIP; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HIP; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2342649486     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0449-z     Document Type: Article

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