Review and perspective: neuromechanical considerations for predicting muscle activation patterns for movement

LH Ting, SA Chvatal, SA Safavynia… - … journal for numerical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle coordination may be difficult or impossible to predict accurately based on
biomechanical considerations alone because of redundancy in the musculoskeletal system …

Neuromechanical tuning of nonlinear postural control dynamics

LH Ting, KW van Antwerp, JE Scrivens… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Postural control may be an ideal physiological motor task for elucidating general questions
about the organization, diversity, flexibility, and variability of biological motor behaviors …

Why is neuromechanical modeling of balance and locomotion so hard?

JL Allen, LH Ting - Neuromechanical modeling of posture and locomotion, 2016 - Springer
A goal and challenge in neuromechanical modeling is to develop validated simulations to
predict the effects of neuromotor deficits and therapies on movements. This has been …

How detailed should muscle models be to understand multi-joint movement coordination?

JM Winters - Human Movement Science, 1995 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the state-of-the-art of muscle modelling, from the perspective of a
systems bioscientist interested in multi-joint movement coordination involving many …

Dimensional reduction in sensorimotor systems: a framework for understanding muscle coordination of posture

LH Ting - Progress in brain research, 2007 - Elsevier
The simple act of standing up is an important and essential motor behavior that most
humans and animals achieve with ease. Yet, maintaining standing balance involves …

Computational models for neuromuscular function

FJ Valero-Cuevas, H Hoffmann… - IEEE reviews in …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computational models of the neuromuscular system hold the potential to allow us to reach a
deeper understanding of neuromuscular function and clinical rehabilitation by …

The influence of biophysical muscle properties on simulating fast human arm movements

A Bayer, S Schmitt, M Günther… - Computer methods in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Computational modeling provides a framework to understand human movement control. For
this approach, physiologically motivated and experimentally validated models are required …

Muscle activation patterns coordinating postural stability from head to foot

EA Keshner, JHJ Allum - Multiple Muscle Systems: Biomechanics and …, 1990 - Springer
In order to truly understand how the central nervous system plans and produces movements
to match environmental demands, one needs to take into account the many muscle …

Subject-specific muscle synergies in human balance control are consistent across different biomechanical contexts

G Torres-Oviedo, LH Ting - Journal of neurophysiology, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The musculoskeletal redundancy of the body provides multiple solutions for performing
motor tasks. We have proposed that the nervous system solves this unconstrained problem …

A predictive model of muscle excitations based on muscle modularity for a large repertoire of human locomotion conditions

J Gonzalez-Vargas, M Sartori, S Dosen… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Humans can efficiently walk across a large variety of terrains and locomotion conditions with
little or no mental effort. It has been hypothesized that the nervous system simplifies …