Endpoint stiffness of the arm is directionally tuned to instability in the environment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 7705-7716

  Franklin, David W ^a,b,e   Liaw, Gary ^b   Milner, Theodore E ^c   Osu, Rieko ^a,b   Burdet, Etienne ^d   Kawato, Mitsuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMG; Impedance control; Motor control; Motor learning; Muscle cocontraction; Stability; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LEARNING; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 34447646490     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0968-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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