Principles of motor unit physiology evolve with advances in technology

D Farina, F Negro, S Muceli, RM Enoka - Physiology, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Movements are generated by the coordinated activation of motor units. Recent technological
advances have made it possible to identify the concurrent activity of several tens of motor …

Sensorimotor control of standing balance

PA Forbes, A Chen, JS Blouin - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
For most individuals, balancing upright is a simple task that requires little effort. The inherent
difficulties associated with standing balance are not revealed until a pathology or injury …

Neural data-driven musculoskeletal modeling for personalized neurorehabilitation technologies

M Sartori, DG Llyod, D Farina - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objectives: The development of neurorehabilitation technologies requires the profound
understanding of the mechanisms underlying an individual's motor ability and impairment. A …

Muscle networks: Connectivity analysis of EMG activity during postural control

TW Boonstra, A Danna-Dos-Santos, HB Xie… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Understanding the mechanisms that reduce the many degrees of freedom in the
musculoskeletal system remains an outstanding challenge. Muscle synergies reduce the …

Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays

BG Rasman, PA Forbes, RM Peters, O Ortiz, I Franks… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Human standing balance relies on self-motion estimates that are used by the nervous
system to detect unexpected movements and enable corrective responses and adaptations …

In Vivo Neuromechanics: Decoding Causal Motor Neuron Behavior with Resulting Musculoskeletal Function

M Sartori, UŞ Yavuz, D Farina - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Human motor function emerges from the interaction between the neuromuscular and the
musculoskeletal systems. Despite the knowledge of the mechanisms underlying neural and …

Methods for integrating postural control into biomechanical human simulations: a systematic review

J Shanbhag, A Wolf, I Wechsler, S Fleischmann… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Understanding of the human body's internal processes to maintain balance is fundamental
to simulate postural control behaviour. The body uses multiple sensory systems' information …

Force variability is mostly not motor noise: Theoretical implications for motor control

A Nagamori, CM Laine, GE Loeb… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Variability in muscle force is a hallmark of healthy and pathological human behavior.
Predominant theories of sensorimotor control assume 'motor noise'leads to force variability …

Hill-type computational models of muscle-tendon actuators: a systematic review

AH Caillet, ATM Phillips, C Carty, D Farina… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Backed by a century of research and development, Hill-type muscle-tendon models are
extensively used for countless applications. Lacking recent reviews, the field of Hill-type …

Linking cortex and contraction—Integrating models along the corticomuscular pathway

L Haggie, L Schmid, O Röhrle, T Besier… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Computational models of the neuromusculoskeletal system provide a deterministic
approach to investigate input-output relationships in the human motor system …