[HTML][HTML] Neuromuscular control: from a biomechanist's perspective

DM Mulla, PJ Keir - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Understanding neural control of movement necessitates a collaborative approach between
many disciplines, including biomechanics, neuroscience, and motor control. Biomechanics …

The Neuromuscular Fatigue-Induced Loss of Muscle Force Control

J Pethick, J Tallent - Sports, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuromuscular fatigue is characterised not only by a reduction in the capacity to generate
maximal muscle force, but also in the ability to control submaximal muscle forces, ie, to …

Network of muscle fibers activation facilitates inter-muscular coordination, adapts to fatigue and reflects muscle function

S Garcia-Retortillo, C Romero-Gómez… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Fundamental movement patterns require continuous skeletal muscle coordination, where
muscle fibers with different timing of activation synchronize their dynamics across muscles …

Age-related breakdown in networks of inter-muscular coordination

S Garcia-Retortillo, Ó Abenza, F Vasileva, N Balagué… - GeroScience, 2024 - Springer
Assessing inter-muscular coordination in older adults is crucial, as it directly impacts an
individual's ability for independent functioning, injury prevention, and active engagement in …

Decoding firings of a large population of human motor units from high‐density surface electromyogram in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation

J Škarabot, C Ammann, TG Balshaw… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a novel application of methodology for high‐density surface electromyography
(HDsEMG) decomposition to identify motor unit (MU) firings in response to transcranial …

Inter-muscular networks of synchronous muscle fiber activation

S Garcia-Retortillo, PC Ivanov - Frontiers in Network Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal muscles continuously coordinate to facilitate a wide range of movements. Muscle
fiber composition and timing of activation account for distinct muscle functions and dynamics …

Two motor neuron synergies, invariant across ankle joint angles, activate the triceps surae during plantarflexion

J Levine, S Avrillon, D Farina, F Hug… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have suggested that the nervous system generates movements by
controlling groups of motor neurons (synergies) that do not always align with muscle …

Online prediction of sustained muscle force from individual motor unit activities using adaptive surface EMG decomposition

H Zhao, Y Sun, C Wei, Y Xia, P Zhou… - … of NeuroEngineering and …, 2024 - Springer
Decoding movement intentions from motor unit (MU) activities to represent neural drive
information plays a central role in establishing neural interfaces, but there remains a great …

Adaptive Online Decomposition of Surface EMG Using Progressive FastICA Peel-Off

H Zhao, X Zhang, M Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a method for adaptive online decomposition of high-density surface
electromyogram (SEMG) signals to overcome the performance degradation during long-term …

Menstrual cycle associated alteration of vastus lateralis motor unit function

J Piasecki, Y Guo, EJ Jones, BE Phillips… - Sports Medicine …, 2023 - Springer
Background Estrogen and progesterone are the primary female sex hormones and have net
excitatory and inhibitory effects, respectively, on neuronal function. Fluctuating …