Suboptimal Muscle Synergy Activation Patterns Generalize their Motor Function across Postures

Exploring the high-dimensional structure of muscle redundancy via subject-specific and generic musculoskeletal models

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Feasible muscle activation ranges based on inverse dynamics analyses of human walking

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Consequences of biomechanically constrained tasks in the design and interpretation of synergy analyses

(2015) Katherine M. Steele et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Neuromechanical Principles Underlying Movement Modularity and Their Implications for Rehabilitation

(2015) Lena H. Ting et al.   NEURON

Major remaining gaps in models of sensorimotor systems

(2015) Gerald E. Loeb et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Stochastic modelling of muscle recruitment during activity

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Useful properties of spinal circuits for learning and performing planar reaches

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Neural constraints on learning

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Temporal structure of motor variability is dynamically regulated and predicts motor learning ability

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Task constraints and minimization of muscle effort result in a small number of muscle synergies during gait

(2014) Friedl De Groote et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Motor primitives and synergies in the spinal cord and after injury-the current state of play

(2013) Simon F. Giszter et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Computational tools for calculating alternative muscle force patterns during motion: A comparison of possible solutions

(2013) Saulo Martelli et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Defining feasible bounds on muscle activation in a redundant biomechanical task: practical implications of redundancy

(2013) M.Hongchul Sohn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Mechanics and energetics of load carriage during human walking

(2013) T.-w. P. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Long-latency muscle activity reflects continuous, delayed sensorimotor feedback of task-level and not joint-level error

(2013) Seyed A. Safavynia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Spinal-Like Regulator Facilitates Control of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Wrist

(2013) G. Raphael et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Differences in Adaptation Rates after Virtual Surgeries Provide Direct Evidence for Modularity

(2013) D. J. Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A theory for how sensorimotor skills are learned and retained in noisy and nonstationary neural circuits

(2013) R. Ajemian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolutionary origins of modularity

(2013) J. Clune et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary and Developmental Modules

(2013) Francesco Lacquaniti et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Muscle synergies in neuroscience and robotics: from input-space to task-space perspectives

(2013) Cristiano Alessandro et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Are muscle synergies useful for neural control?

(2013) Aymar de Rugy et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

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

(2013) Katherine M. Steele et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Learned parametrized dynamic movement primitives with shared synergies for controlling robotic and musculoskeletal systems

(2013) Elmar Rückert et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

The neural origin of muscle synergies

(2013) Emilio Bizzi et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Common muscle synergies for balance and walking

(2013) Stacie A. Chvatal et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Optimal isn’t good enough

(2012) Gerald E. Loeb   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

How robust is human gait to muscle weakness?

(2012) Marjolein M. van der Krogt et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Neuromechanic: A computational platform for simulation and analysis of the neural control of movement

(2012) Nathan E. Bunderson et al.   International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Three-dimensional modular control of human walking

(2012) Jessica L. Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

An involuntary stereotypical grasp tendency pervades voluntary dynamic multifinger manipulation

(2012) Kornelius Rácz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Robustness of muscle synergies underlying three-dimensional force generation at the hand in healthy humans

(2012) Jinsook Roh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Voluntary and Reactive Recruitment of Locomotor Muscle Synergies during Perturbed Walking

(2012) S. A. Chvatal et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Patterned control of human locomotion

(2012) Francesco Lacquaniti et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

A modular neural model of motor synergies

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Between-subject variability of muscle synergies during a complex motor skill

(2012) Julien Frère et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Optimization of Muscle Activity for Task-Level Goals Predicts Complex Changes in Limb Forces across Biomechanical Contexts

(2012) J. Lucas McKay et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Challenges and New Approaches to Proving the Existence of Muscle Synergies of Neural Origin

(2012) Jason J. Kutch et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Common muscle synergies for control of center of mass and force in nonstepping and stepping postural behaviors

(2011) Stacie A. Chvatal et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Modules in the brain stem and spinal cord underlying motor behaviors

(2011) Jinsook Roh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The anatomical arrangement of muscle and tendon enhances limb versatility and locomotor performance

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Locomotor Primitives in Newborn Babies and Their Development

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Stretch sensitive reflexes as an adaptive mechanism for maintaining limb stability

(2010) Jonathan Shemmell et al.   CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Directional constraint of endpoint force emerges from hindlimb anatomy

(2010) N. E. Bunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Subject-Specific Muscle Synergies in Human Balance Control Are Consistent Across Different Biomechanical Contexts

(2010) Gelsy Torres-Oviedo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Motor Memory and Local Minimization of Error and Effort, Not Global Optimization, Determine Motor Behavior

(2010) G. Ganesh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A Neural Basis for Motor Primitives in the Spinal Cord

(2010) C. B. Hart et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The case for and against muscle synergies

(2009) Matthew C Tresch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Modular control of human walking: A simulation study

(2009) Richard R. Neptune et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Modular control of human walking: Adaptations to altered mechanical demands

(2009) Craig P. McGowan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Merging of Healthy Motor Modules Predicts Reduced Locomotor Performance and Muscle Coordination Complexity Post-Stroke

(2009) David J. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Maximal Voluntary Fingertip Force Production Is Not Limited by Movement Speed in Combined Motion and Force Tasks

(2009) K. G. Keenan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Simplified and effective motor control based on muscle synergies to exploit musculoskeletal dynamics

(2009) M. Berniker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stability of muscle synergies for voluntary actions after cortical stroke in humans

(2009) V. C. K. Cheung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The effect of walking speed on muscle function and mechanical energetics

(2008) Richard R. Neptune et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Reduction of neuromuscular redundancy for postural force generation using an intrinsic stability criterion

(2008) Nathan E. Bunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Functional muscle synergies constrain force production during postural tasks

(2007) J. Lucas McKay et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS