Action Direction of Muscle Synergies in Voluntary Multi-Directional Postural Control

A muscle synergy is a coordinative structure of muscles that has been proposed as a strategy to reduce the number of variables that the central nervous system (CNS) has to address in motor tasks. In this article, the mechanical contribution of muscle synergies and coordinative structures of muscles...

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Main Authors: Akari Kubo, Shota Hagio, Benio Kibushi, Toshio Moritani, Motoki Kouzaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00434/full