The problem of measurement indeterminacy in complex neurobiological movement systems

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2694-2696

  Glazier, Paul S ^a   Davids, Keith ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Constraints; Coordinative structures; Degeneracy; Functional motor synergy; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MOTOR SYNERGIES; SELF-ORGANISING; SINGLE VECTORS; STRUCTURAL UNIT; TASK CONSTRAINTS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MOTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROBIOLOGY;

EID: 71549136442     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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