Can modular strategies simplify neural control of multidirectional human locomotion?

A unifying model of concurrent spatial and temporal modularity in muscle activity

(2013) Ioannis Delis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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

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

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 flexion synergy, mother of all synergies and father of new models of gait

(2013) Jacques Duysens et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

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

Muscle Coordination Is Habitual Rather than Optimal

(2012) A. de Rugy et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Patterned control of human locomotion

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

Microstimulation Activates a Handful of Muscle Synergies

(2012) Simon A. Overduin et al.   NEURON

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

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

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

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

Hierarchical and multiple hand action representation using temporal postural synergies

(2012) G. Tessitore et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

What is the biological basis of sensorimotor integration?

(2011) Martha Flanders   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Task-level feedback can explain temporal recruitment of spatially fixed muscle synergies throughout postural perturbations

(2011) Seyed A. Safavynia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Locomotor Primitives in Newborn Babies and Their Development

(2011) N. Dominici et al.   SCIENCE

A musculoskeletal foot model for clinical gait analysis

(2010) Prabhav Saraswat et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Migration of Motor Pool Activity in the Spinal Cord Reflects Body Mechanics in Human Locomotion

(2010) Germana Cappellini 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

A Simple Experimentally Based Model Using Proprioceptive Regulation of Motor Primitives Captures Adjusted Trajectory Formation in Spinal Frogs

(2009) William J. Kargo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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

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

The 'prediction imperative' as the basis for self-awareness

(2009) R. R. Llinas et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spinal cord modularity: evolution, development, and optimization and the possible relevance to low back pain in man

(2009) Simon F. Giszter et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Spatiotemporal organization of -motoneuron activity in the human spinal cord during different gaits and gait transitions

(2008) Y. P. Ivanenko et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Endpoint Force Fluctuations Reveal Flexible Rather Than Synergistic Patterns of Muscle Cooperation

(2008) Jason J. Kutch et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Neuromechanics of Muscle Synergies During Cycling

(2008) James M. Wakeling et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Individual Premotor Drive Pulses, Not Time-Varying Synergies, Are the Units of Adjustment for Limb Trajectories Constructed in Spinal Cord

(2008) W. J. Kargo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Modulation of Muscle Synergy Recruitment in Primate Grasping

(2008) S. A. Overduin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Muscle synergies during locomotion in the cat: a model for motor cortex control

(2008) Trevor Drew et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Motor pattern deletions and modular organization of turtle spinal cord

(2007) Paul S.G. Stein   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Organization of mammalian locomotor rhythm and pattern generation

(2007) David A. McCrea et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Functional muscle synergies constrain force production during postural tasks

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