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muscle synergies: a standalone construct

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Motor control

fixed patterns of coordinated muscle activation that the nervous system combines to build movements, simplifying control.

In motor control, muscle synergies refers to fixed patterns of coordinated muscle activation that the nervous system combines to build movements, simplifying control. This meaning comes from d'Avella (2003) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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References

d'Avella, A., Saltiel, P., & Bizzi, E. (2003). Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior. Nature Neuroscience, 6(3), 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1010

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