An Apparatus for Generating Controlled Ramp Movements During Studies of Muscle Spindle Afferent Activity and Muscle Tone in Man
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- Vol. BME-25 (4) , 374-377
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.1978.326264
Abstract
With the increasing use of refimed techniques such as micro-neurography for the study of motor control in man, the need for a mechanical device capable of generating accurate and reproducible displacements and of measuring graded levels of contraction has arisen.Keywords
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