Co-contraction and passive forces facilitate load compensation of aimed limb movements

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4995-5007

  Zakotnik, Jure ^a   Matheson, Tom ^b,c   Dürr, Volker ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Joint stiffness; Motor control; Muscle; Neuroethology; Targeted movement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLEXOR MUSCLE; INSECT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TIBIA; TORQUE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRASSHOPPER; LIMB; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; GRASSHOPPERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646902139     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0161-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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