Motor compensation and its effects on neural reorganization after stroke

TA Jones - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Stroke instigates a dynamic process of repair and remodelling of remaining neural circuits,
and this process is shaped by behavioural experiences. The onset of motor disability …

Approaches to revealing the neural basis of muscle synergies: a review and a critique

VCK Cheung, K Seki - Journal of neurophysiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The central nervous system (CNS) may produce coordinated motor outputs via the
combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Identification of muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle synergies in joystick manipulation

L Cai, S Yan, C Ouyang, T Zhang, J Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Extracting muscle synergies from surface electromyographic signals (sEMGs) during
exercises has been widely applied to evaluate motor control strategies. This study explores …

[HTML][HTML] The neural origin of muscle synergies

E Bizzi, VCK Cheung - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Muscle synergies are neural coordinative structures that function to alleviate the
computational burden associated with the control of movement and posture. In this …

Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands

M Santello, M Bianchi, M Gabiccini, E Ricciardi… - Physics of life …, 2016 - Elsevier
The term 'synergy'–from the Greek synergia–means 'working together'. The concept of
multiple elements working together towards a common goal has been extensively used in …

How to improve the muscle synergy analysis methodology?

NA Turpin, S Uriac, G Dalleau - European journal of applied physiology, 2021 - Springer
Muscle synergy analysis is increasingly used in domains such as neurosciences, robotics,
rehabilitation or sport sciences to analyze and better understand motor coordination. The …

[HTML][HTML] The number and choice of muscles impact the results of muscle synergy analyses

KM Steele, MC Tresch, EJ Perreault - Frontiers in computational …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
One theory for how humans control movement is that muscles are activated in weighted
groups or synergies. Studies have shown that electromyography (EMG) from a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Robotic exoskeletons: a perspective for the rehabilitation of arm coordination in stroke patients

N Jarrassé, T Proietti, V Crocher… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Upper-limb impairment after stroke is caused by weakness, loss of individual joint control,
spasticity, and abnormal synergies. Upper-limb movement frequently involves abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation and multimodal neuroimaging to characterize post-stroke neuroplasticity

AM Auriat, JL Neva, S Peters, JK Ferris… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Following stroke, the brain undergoes various stages of recovery where the central nervous
system can reorganize neural circuitry (neuroplasticity) both spontaneously and with the aid …

An exoneuromusculoskeleton for self-help upper limb rehabilitation after stroke

C Nam, W Rong, W Li, C Cheung, W Ngai, T Cheung… - Soft robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a novel electromyography (EMG)-driven exoneuromusculoskeleton that
integrates the neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), soft pneumatic muscle, and …