Low-frequency fluctuations of plantar flexion torque in force and position control tasks studied experimentally and by a neuromusculoskeletal model

International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 794-797

  Watanabe, Renato N ^a   Elias, Leonardo A ^a   Kohn, Andre F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE ANALYSIS; FEED-BACK LOOP; HEALTHY HUMANS; LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL MODELS; REFERENCE DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUSCLE; NEURONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

TORQUE;

EID: 84897731993     PISSN: 19483546     EISSN: 19483554     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NER.2013.6696054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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