Influences of premotoneuronal command statistics on the scaling of motor output variability during isometric plantar flexion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2592-2606

  Watanabe, Renato N ^a   Magalhães, Fernando H ^a   Elias, Leonardo A ^a   Chaud, Vitor M ^a   Mello, Emanuele M ^a   Kohn, André F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Force variability; Motoneuron pool model; Motor control; Neuromuscular model; Plantar flexion torque; Torque variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPIKE; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

FORCE VARIABILITY; MOTONEURON POOL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR MODEL; PLANTAR FLEXION TORQUE; TORQUE VARIABILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 84888608275     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00073.2013     Document Type: Article

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