Researchers have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies. Researchers at MIT and San ...

After a stroke, muscle synergies are activated in altered ways. The simple act of picking up a pencil requires the coordination of dozens of muscles: The eyes and head must turn toward the object ...

August 22, 2012 — Researchers have described patterns of muscle synergies — groups of muscles that act as single units — in stroke patients that could become physiologic markers of impaired ...

Muscle synergies can be combined in different ways by the nervous system, he added. The more you run, the more combinations your brain will create, which could improve how well you move.

and the target hit rate for specific hand postures was higher with neural synergies compared with muscle synergies.

Why it matters: Previous work in animals and humans has shown that groups of muscles tend to be co-activated as a unit in predicable patterns, or synergies, across a wide range of movements.

known as “muscle synergies.” These synergies can be combined in different ways to achieve a wide range of movements. A new study from MIT, Harvard Medical School and the San Camillo Hospital ...

Previous work in animals and humans has shown that groups of muscles tend to be co-activated as a unit in predicable patterns, or synergies, across a wide range of movements. These synergies are ...