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Motor Synergies and the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis
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The article offers a way to unite three recent developments in the field of motor control and coordination: (1) The notion of synergies is introduced based on the principle of motor abundance; (2) The uncontrolled manifold hypothesis is described as offering a computational framework to identify and quantify synergies; and (3) The equilibrium-point hypothesis is described for a single muscle, single joint, and multijoint systems. Merging these concepts into a single coherent scheme requires focusing on control variables rather than performance variables. The principle of minimal final action is formulated as the guiding principle within the referent configuration hypothesis. Motor actions are associated with setting two types of variables by a controller, those that ultimately define average performance patterns and those that define associated synergies. Predictions of the suggested scheme are reviewed, such as the phenomenon of anticipatory synergy adjustments, quick actions without changes in synergies, atypical synergies, and changes in synergies with practice. A few models are briefly reviewed.
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- Authors
- Latash, M. L.
- Venue
- Motor Control
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2010-07
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 294-322
- ISSN
- 1087-1640 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2696
- OpenAlex
- W39842680
- Cited by
- 372
- References
- 96
- FWCI
- 8.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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