Subject-specific muscle synergies in human balance control are consistent across different biomechanical contexts

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3084-3098

  Torres Oviedo, Gelsy ^a,b   Ting, Lena H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953509203     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00960.2009     Document Type: Article

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