Flexible muscle modes and synergies in challenging whole-body tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-187

  Danna dos Santos, Alessander ^a   Degani, Adriana M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Muscle modes; Sway; Synergy; Uncontrolled manifold hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 48349138588     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1413-x     Document Type: Article

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