Task-specific recruitment of motor units for vibration damping

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1342-1346

  Wakeling, James M ^a   Liphardt, Anna Maria ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor unit; Muscle; Muscle fibre; Vibration damping

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS; RESONANCE; TISSUE; VIBRATION CONTROL;

HEEL-STRIKE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FIBRE; VIBRATION DAMPING;

DAMPING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEEL; HUMAN; LEG; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIBRATION; WALKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEEL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33646489999     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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