Extracting synergies in gait: Using EMG variability to evaluate control strategies

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1534-1544

  Ranganathan, Rajiv ^a,b   Krishnan, Chandramouli ^b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Simulation; Synergy; Task constraints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865812149     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01112.2011     Document Type: Article

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