Whole limb kinematics are preferentially conserved over individual joint kinematics after peripheral nerve injury

• Published in: Journal of experimental biology Vol. 212; no. 21; pp. 3511 - 3521
• Main Authors: Chang, Young-Hui, Auyang, Arick G., Scholz, John P., Nichols, T. Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Company of Biologists 01.11.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena - physiology; Cats; Extremities - innervation; Extremities - physiology; Joints - innervation; Joints - physiology; Locomotion - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - innervation; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Nerve Regeneration - physiology; Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Biomechanics and neurophysiology studies suggest whole limb function to be an important locomotor control parameter. Inverted pendulum and mass-spring models greatly reduce the complexity of the legs and predict the dynamics of locomotion, but do not address how numerous limb elements are coordinate...