A myokinetic arm model for estimating joint torque and stiffness from EMG signals during maintained posture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 387-401

  Shin, Duk ^a,d   Kim, Jaehyo ^b   Koike, Yasuharu ^a,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Handong University   (South Korea)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58949086810     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00584.2007     Document Type: Article

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