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Spinal cord modularity: evolution, development, and optimization and the possible relevance to low back pain in man

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  1. While muscle synergy, premotor drive burst, and motor primitive have been used as largely synonymous terms, we suggest that the term ‘primitive’ may best indicate the idea of a set of building blocks or a developmental bootstrap elements that is used in a constructive or compositional fashion. Synergy is a significantly broader term, while synchronous premotor drive burst is more specific and potentially narrower.

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Giszter, S.F., Hart, C.B. & Silfies, S.P. Spinal cord modularity: evolution, development, and optimization and the possible relevance to low back pain in man. Exp Brain Res 200, 283–306 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-2016-x

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Keywords

  • Motor Control
  • Transverse Abdominis
  • Muscle Synergy
  • Optimal Feedback Control
  • Motor Primitive