Model-based prediction of fusimotor activity and its effect on muscle spindle activity during voluntary wrist movements

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-63

  Grandjean, Bernard ^a   Maier, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Computational model; Fusimotor system; Muscle spindle; Musculo tendon model; Wrist movement; drive

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ACTIVE MOVEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FUSIMOTOR SYSTEM; LARGE PARTS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCULO-TENDON MODEL; PHASE ADVANCE; TYPE II; WRIST MOVEMENTS; Γ-DRIVE;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; JOINT FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROMODULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE SPINDLES; WRIST;

EID: 84905366121     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-013-0491-3     Document Type: Article

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