Muscle Synergies Heavily Influence the Neural Control of Arm Endpoint Stiffness and Energy Consumption

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Inouye, Joshua M ^a,b   Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^b,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY UTILIZATION; MUSCLE; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

ACTIVATION PATTERNS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIVERGENTS; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; LINEAR CONSTRAINTS; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE SYNERGIES; NEURAL CONTROL; TASK CONSTRAINTS;

STIFFNESS;

BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LEARNING; LIMB; MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; RIGIDITY; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HAND; INNERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HAND; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84959466547     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004737     Document Type: Article

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