Modulation of phasic and tonic muscle synergies with reaching direction and speed

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1433-1454

  D'Avella, Andrea ^a,c   Fernandez, Laure ^a,b   Portone, Alessandro ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57349116044     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01377.2007     Document Type: Article

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