Subtle Nonlinear Neuromuscular Properties Are Consistent with Teleological Design Principles

Autor: Michael P. Slawnych, Jack M. Winters, Robert E. Kearney, Peter A. Huijing
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Biomechanics and Neural Control of Posture and Movement ISBN: 9781461274155
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2104-3_7
Popis: The other chapters in this section address certain subtle details of neuromuscular properties, such as interaction between properties (e.g., activation and contractile force-length) and effects of fatigue (see Chapters 5 and 6, Huijing), convergence of information on motoneurons (see Chapter 2), and muscle force-length operating range variability (see Chapter 3). In general, such details may be interpreted as adding complexity to neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) models, and there is thus a natural resistance on the part of modellers to include every single observed behavior. Yet this opens the door to a criticism of models as not being sufficiently accurate, and therefore inadequate; this was a recurring theme during several of the discussions at the recent EFC on Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement. It needs to be addressed.
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