Introduction Muscle synergies have been proposed as a strategy employed by the central
nervous system to control movements. Muscle synergy analysis is a well-established …

One theory for how humans control movement is that muscles are activated in weighted
groups or synergies. Studies have shown that electromyography (EMG) from a variety of …

Modularity in the central nervous system (CNS), ie, the brain capability to generate a wide
repertoire of movements by combining a small number of building blocks (“modules”), is …

Recent kinematic results, combined with model simulations, have provided support for the
hypothesis that the human brain shapes motor patterns that use gravity effects to minimize …

A salient feature of human motor skill learning is the ability to exploit similarities across
related tasks. In biological motor control, it has been hypothesized that muscle synergies …

Muscle synergies, ie, invariant coordinated activations of groups of muscles, have been
proposed as building blocks that the central nervous system (CNS) uses to construct the …

Voluntary movement is hypothesized to rely on a limited number of muscle synergies, the
recruitment of which translates task goals into effective muscle activity. In this study, we …

A long standing hypothesis in the neuroscience community is that the central nervous
system (CNS) generates the muscle activities to accomplish movements by combining a …

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with postural control impairments and is highly
prevalent in elderly people. The objective of this study is to verify whether anticipatory …

In natural motor behaviour arm movements, such as pointing or reaching, often need to be
coordinated with locomotion. The underlying coordination patterns are largely unexplored …