Stability of muscle synergies for voluntary actions after cortical stroke in humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 19563-19568

  Cheung, Vincent C K ^a   Piron, Lamberto ^b   Agostini, Michela ^b   Silvoni, Stefano ^b   Turolla, Andrea ^b   Bizzi, Emilio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale San Camillo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor control; Motor modules; Motor primitives; Neurorehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE;

EID: 73349117208     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910114106     Document Type: Article

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