Title :
An Apparatus for Generating Controlled Ramp Movements During Studies of Muscle Spindle Afferent Activity and Muscle Tone in Man
Author_Institution :
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Academic Hospital
fDate :
7/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
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 :
Displacement measurement; Electromyography; Force measurement; Humans; Immune system; Mechanical variables measurement; Motor drives; Muscles; Parkinson´s disease; Tendons; Biomechanics; Biomedical Engineering; Humans; Muscle Spindles; Muscle Tonus; Physiology;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1978.326264
