Is equilibrium point control feasible for fast goal-directed single-joint movements?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2898-2912

  Kistemaker, Dinant A ^a   Van Soest, Arthur J ^a   Bobbert, Maarten F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAST MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 33646197063     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00983.2005     Document Type: Article

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