Control of reaching movements by muscle synergy combinations

Controlling the movement of the arm to achieve a goal, such as reaching for an object, is challenging because it requires coordinating many muscles acting on many joints. The central nervous system might simplify the control of reaching by directly mapping initial states and goals into muscle activa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea eD'avella, Francesco eLacquaniti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
Subjects:
EMG
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2013.00042/full