The experimental findings herein reported are aimed at gaining a perspective on the
complex neural events that follow lesions of the motor cortical areas. Cortical damage …

Production of voluntary movements relies critically on the functional integration of several
motor cortical areas, such as the primary motor cortex, and the spinal circuitries …

We present a method called muscle synergy analysis, which can offer clinicians insight into
both underlying neural strategies for movement and functional outcomes of muscle activity …

Previous studies in neurologically intact subjects have shown that motor coordination can be
described by task-dependent combinations of a few muscle synergies, defined here as a …

Muscle synergies describe common patterns of co-or reciprocal activation that occur during
movement. After stroke, these synergies change, often in stereotypical ways. The …

Previous studies indicate that motor coordination may be achieved by assembling task-
dependent combinations of a few muscle synergies, defined here as fixed patterns of …

Background The presence of abnormal muscle activation patterns is a well documented
factor limiting the motor rehabilitation of patients following stroke. These abnormal muscle …

The central nervous system (CNS) may produce coordinated motor outputs via the
combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Identification of muscle …

Synergies are thought to be the building blocks of vertebrate movements. The inability to
execute synergies in properly timed and graded fashion precludes adequate functional …

Our current understanding of synergistic muscle control is based on the analysis of muscle
activities. Modules (synergies) in muscle coordination are extracted from electromyographic …