Bilateral motor unit synchronization of leg muscles during a simple dynamic balance task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-622

  Boonstra, Tjeerd W ^a,b,c   Daffertshofer, Andreas ^c   Roerdink, Melvyn ^c   Flipse, Ivo ^c   Groenewoud, Karin ^c   Beek, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance control; Common drive; EMG EMG coherence; Functional connectivity; Muscle synergies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149093267     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06584.x     Document Type: Article

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