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The contribution of muscle synergies to normal and abnormal motor control

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01 January 2024
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The idea that the CNS may control complex interactions by modular decomposition has received considerable attention. Muscle synergies, computationally identified intermuscular coordination patterns, have been used to characterize neuromuscular control in humans. One important reason for the interest in understanding modularity in motor control is the impaired regularities in muscle activities in various pathologies. Investigations of muscle synergies, motor primitives, compositionality, basic action concepts, and related theoretical and experimental studies may contribute, at different levels, to advance our understanding of the modular architecture underlying motor behaviors. The goal of this Topical Collection is to present and discuss available evidence, conceptual frameworks, and basic issues related to intermuscular coordination patterns in motor control and learning. These cover a range of issues such as the effective dimensionality, neural underpinnings, movement invariants and biomechanical correlates, spinal maps of motoneuron activation, comparative physiology, development, and movement disorders. By bringing together researchers who are interested in understanding the building blocks of coordinating many muscles, we aim at promoting interactions between various research areas and techniques and providing a broad perspective on the notion of modularity in neuromuscular control.

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  • Yury Ivanenko Yury Ivanenko  &

    Yury Ivanenko

    Dr. Yury Ivanenko Ph.D is a Research Director at the Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology at Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. His research focuses on the neurophysiology and control of human locomotion, including biomechanics, pattern generation circuitry, spinal cord neurophysiology, balance control, modular organization of the locomotor output, muscle physiology, movement invariants, multisensory interactions, motion perception, locomotor body scheme, gait pathologies, and early development of locomotion in infants.

  • Jinsook Roh Jinsook Roh

    Jinsook Roh

    Dr. Jinsook Roh Ph.D is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston, USA. Her research focuses on understanding the neuromuscular control and coordination principles in health and neurological conditions (especially stroke) and translating the resultant scientific findings into developing novel neurorehabilitation strategies. Her research group uses multi-faceted tools such as rehab robotics, electromyography, non-invasive brain stimulation, electroencephalography, kinematics, and computational analyses of physiological data.

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