Brain motor control assessment

Author

Sherwood, Arthur M. ; Dimitrijevic, Milan R.

Author_Institution

Div. of Restorative Neurology & Human Neurobiol., Baylor Coll. of Med., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

943

Abstract

Motor control can be studied by characterizing the activity of spinal motor nuclei to brain control, expressed as motor unit activity recordable by surface electrodes. The authors used multichannel recording systems with standardized protocols to accomplish such brain motor control assessment. In this assessment, aspects of preparatory and executive control can be differentiated, responses qualified, and subclinical phenomena observed and classified. Difficulties remain in deriving new methods of analysis of electromyographic signals which describe the basic features of neurocontrol, rather than attempting a kinesiological analysis

Keywords

biocontrol; brain; muscle; brain motor control assessment; electromyographic signals; executive control; kinesiological analysis; motor unit activity; multichannel recording systems; neurocontrol; preparatory control; spinal motor nuclei; subclinical phenomena; Biomedical electrodes; Computer displays; Electromyography; Extremities; Motor drives; Muscles; Nervous system; Protocols; Signal analysis; Spinal cord;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95629

Filename

95629