title: On force regulation strategies in predictable environments.
abstract: This paper is focused on investigating force regulation strategies employed by human central nervous system (CNS). The mechanism responsible for force control is extremely important in people's lives, but not yet well understood. We formulate the general model of force regulation and identify several possible control strategies. An experimental approach is used to determine which of the force control strategies could actually be used by the CNS. Obtained results suggest that the force regulation process involves not only the pure force controller, but also a coupled motion controller, relying on the internal model of the environment.
authors.affiliation: Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. max@motivps.com
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolesnikov
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piovesan
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Ferdinando A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mussa-Ivaldi
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans