Motor control and motor redundancy in the upper extremity: Implications for neurorehabilitation

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Prilutsky, Boris ^a   Ashley, David ^a   Vanhiel, Leslie ^b   Harley, Linda ^a   Tidwell, Jason ^b   Backus, Deborah ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

force tracking; joint moments; muscle activity; musculoskeletal redundancy; spinal cord injury at cervical level; tetraplegia; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR REDUNDANCY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; QUADRIPLEGIA; SHOULDER; WRIST;

EID: 80052897882     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1701-07     Document Type: Article

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