Multi-muscle synergies in a dual postural task: Evidence for the principle of superposition

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 457-471

  Klous, Miriam ^a   Danna Dos Santos, Alessander ^b   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NSA Fisioterapia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hierarchical control; Muscle mode; Posture; Principle of superposition; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951091119     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2153-2     Document Type: Article

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