Endpoint force fluctuations reveal flexible rather than synergistic patterns of muscle cooperation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2455-2471

  Kutch, Jason J ^a,b,c   Kuo, Arthur D ^a   Bloch, Anthony M ^a   Rymer, William Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RTH 402 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT PRESSURE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 57049169190     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90274.2008     Document Type: Article

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