Neuromechanical principles underlying movement modularity and their implications for rehabilitation

LH Ting, HJ Chiel, RD Trumbower, JL Allen, JL McKay… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Neuromechanical principles define the properties and problems that shape neural solutions
for movement. Although the theoretical and experimental evidence is debated, we present …

Approaches to revealing the neural basis of muscle synergies: a review and a critique

VCK Cheung, K Seki - Journal of neurophysiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The central nervous system (CNS) may produce coordinated motor outputs via the
combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Identification of muscle …

Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners

VCK Cheung, BMF Cheung, JH Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Complex motor commands for human locomotion are generated through the combination of
motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Recent data have argued that muscle …

Long-term training modifies the modular structure and organization of walking balance control

A Sawers, JL Allen, LH Ting - Journal of neurophysiology, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
How does long-term training affect the neural control of movements? Here we tested the
hypothesis that long-term training leading to skilled motor performance alters muscle …

Feasibility of muscle synergy outcomes in clinics, robotics, and sports: a systematic review

J Taborri, V Agostini, PK Artemiadis… - Applied bionics and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the last years, several studies have been focused on understanding how the central
nervous system controls muscles to perform a specific motor task. Although it still remains an …

Increased neuromuscular consistency in gait and balance after partnered, dance-based rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease

JL Allen, JL McKay, A Sawers… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Here we examined changes in muscle coordination associated with improved motor
performance after partnered, dance-based rehabilitation in individuals with mild to moderate …

Neuromuscular adjustments of gait associated with unstable conditions

G Martino, YP Ivanenko, A d'Avella… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
A compact description of coordinated muscle activity is provided by the factorization of
electromyographic (EMG) signals. With the use of this approach, it has consistently been …

Electromyography data processing impacts muscle synergies during gait for unimpaired children and children with cerebral palsy

BR Shuman, MH Schwartz, KM Steele - Frontiers in computational …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Muscle synergies calculated from electromyography (EMG) data identify weighted groups of
muscles activated together during functional tasks. Research has shown that fewer …

Muscle synergies are shared across fundamental subtasks in complex movements of skateboarding

P Kaufmann, L Zweier, A Baca, H Kainz - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
A common theory of motor control posits that movement is controlled by muscle synergies.
However, the behavior of these synergies during highly complex movements remains …

Evaluating upper limb impairments in multiple sclerosis by exposure to different mechanical environments

L Pellegrino, M Coscia, M Muller, C Solaro… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease affecting
multiple functional systems and resulting in motor impairments associated with muscle …