Fast corrective responses are evoked by perturbations approaching the natural variability of posture and movement tasks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2821-2832

  Crevecoeur, F ^a   Kurtzer, I ^b   Scott, S H ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Internal models; Long latency reflex; Motor variability; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE;

EID: 84861109559     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00849.2011     Document Type: Article

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