Muscle synergy organization is robust across a variety of postural perturbations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1530-1546

  Torres Oviedo, Gelsy ^a   Macpherson, Jane M ^b   Ting, Lena H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; ROTATION;

EID: 33748527165     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00810.2005     Document Type: Article

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