The consequences of short-range stiffness and fluctuating muscle activity for proprioception of postural joint rotations: The relevance to human standing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 460-474

  Loram, Ian D ^a   Lakie, Martin ^b   Di Giulio, Irene ^a   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING; TENDON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPINDLES; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION;

EID: 67649591932     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00007.2009     Document Type: Article

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