The equilibrium-point hypothesis - Past, present and future

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 629, Issue , 2009, Pages 699-726

  Feldman, Anatol G ^a,b   Levin, Mindy F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; COGNITION; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EQUILIBRIUM POINT HYPOTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KINESTHESIA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ANIMAL; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; GAMMA MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 61949191740     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_38     Document Type: Article

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