Common synaptic input, synergies and size principle: Control of spinal motor neurons for movement generation

F Hug, S Avrillon, J Ibáñez… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how movement is controlled by the CNS remains a major challenge, with
ongoing debate about basic features underlying this control. In current established views …

Hand function: peripheral and central constraints on performance

MH Schieber, M Santello - Journal of applied physiology, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
The hand is one of the most fascinating and sophisticated biological motor systems. The
complex biomechanical and neural architecture of the hand poses challenging questions for …

[HTML][HTML] Neural bases of hand synergies

M Santello, G Baud-Bovy, H Jörntell - Frontiers in computational …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The human hand has so many degrees of freedom that it may seem impossible to control. A
potential solution to this problem is “synergy control” which combines dimensionality …

Function and structure of the deep cervical extensor muscles in patients with neck pain

J Schomacher, D Falla - Manual therapy, 2013 - Elsevier
The deep cervical extensors are anatomically able to control segmental movements of the
cervical spine in concert with the deep cervical flexors. Several investigations have …

A study of personal recognition method based on EMG signal

L Lu, J Mao, W Wang, G Ding… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing development of internet, the security of personal information becomes
more and more important. Thus, variety of personal recognition methods have been …

Muscular and postural synergies of the human hand

EJ Weiss, M Flanders - Journal of neurophysiology, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Because humans have limited ability to independently control the many joints of the hand, a
wide variety of hand shapes can be characterized as a weighted combination of just two or …

An analysis of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscle EMG for improved pattern recognition control

AA Adewuyi, LJ Hargrove… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pattern recognition control combined with surface electromyography (EMG) from the
extrinsic hand muscles has shown great promise for control of multiple prosthetic functions …

Finger joint angle estimation based on motoneuron discharge activities

C Dai, X Hu - IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimation of joint kinematics plays an important role in intuitive human-machine
interactions. However, continuous and reliable estimation of small (eg, the finger) joint …

Human finger independence: limitations due to passive mechanical coupling versus active neuromuscular control

CE Lang, MH Schieber - Journal of neurophysiology, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
We studied the extent to which mechanical coupling and neuromuscular control limit finger
independence by studying passive and active individuated finger movements in healthy …

Selective inhibition of movement

JP Coxon, CM Stinear… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
In studies of volitional inhibition, successful task performance usually requires the
prevention of all movement. In reality, movements are selectively prevented in the presence …