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Is the multi-joint pointing movement model applicable to equilibrium control during upper trunk movements?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Alexey Alexandrov
Affiliation:
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Academy of Sciences, Butlerova 5A, Moscow, Russia. loffe@ivnd.msk.su
Alexander Frolov
Affiliation:
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Academy of Sciences, Butlerova 5A, Moscow, Russia. loffe@ivnd.msk.su
Jean Massion
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Movements, CNRS 31, Marseilles, France. massion@inf.cnrs-mrs.fr.

Abstract

Two aspects of the target article, (1) the extension of the equilibrium point theory to multi-joint movements, and (2) the consequence that the EMG pattern is not directly controlled by the central nervous system (CNS), are discussed in light of the experiments on upper trunk bending in humans. The principle component kinematic analysis and the analysis of the EMG data, obtained under microgravity and additional loading conditions, support the application of Feldman and Levin's for multi-joint pointing movement to equilibrium control during upper trunk movement.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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